Meet at the halfway point
Asks for your friend’s location and a type of destination, then searches near the halfway point for a place to go.
Scripting Actions
Get Current Location
Gets the current location of the device using the GPS signal.
Find Places
Searches for nearby businesses and returns them as results. Pass a location as input to search near there.
Choose from List
Presents a menu of the items passed as input to the action and outputs the user’s selection.
Prompt
The instruction provided when the list is presented.
Select Multiple
When enabled, multiple items may be chosen from the list.
Open in Maps
Opens your choice of Maps, Google Maps, or Waze and searches for the location, place, or text that was passed into the action.
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Meet%20at%20the%20halfway%20point
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Meet%20at%20the%20halfway%20point
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Meet at the halfway point”
end tell
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