Thursday, February 7, 2013

Share Direction And Bookmark Location with Pin Drop

Have you ever been to a place where you think you will visit the place again? Or you’re looking for a simple solution to share a direction/location with friends without directing them via phone call?

Pin Drop

We know that we can bookmark a webpage so we can re-visit the page again. As for a location, we can try Pin Drop iPhone/iPad app to drop a pin on current location as a bookmark in a map.

In short, Pin Drop allows you to bookmark a place with a pin on a map so you can refer it back when you want to re-visit the place. Furthermore, it also allows location sharing in between friends or anyone. It is definitely your second brain for places.

Pin Drop can be used via:

Use Pin Drop as iPhone/iPad App


Using Pin Drop as an app is straight and simple. First of all you have to install Pin Drop app from iTunes. After that, create a free account with Pin Drop so you can backup all your pins to cloud.

Pin Drop iPhone/iPad App

You’re allowed to add categories for your pins, such as restaurant, bar, coffee house and etc for easy search.

To drop a pin, tap on "Drop Pin" button on bottom. Your current location will be displayed and you may tap on "Set Pin Location" to bookmark it. After that, insert details for the bookmarked location with name, category and description.

Pin Drop iPhone/iPad App

To refer back bookmarked pins, tap on "Pins" or "Categories".

The best part of Pin Drop is it supports driving and walking directions from current location to a particular bookmarked pin. You may use it as GPS device.

Use Pin Drop as Web Application


Web app version of Pin Drop supports more features than iOS app. If you think the screen on iPhone is too small, you can always use the web version and sync them afterwards.

Pin Drop Website

Here, you can drop pins on the map, or search for a place or address. You’re allowed to create unlimited numbers of colour coded categories to keep your pins organised. Filter by category, distance and time since the pin was dropped.

Pin Drop Website

You can also create a curated list and share pins with friends by email, text, Facebook or Twitter.

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