This is where the pin feature comes in handy. You can drop a pin anywhere in Google Maps, and a pinned location can be saved and shared with anyone using a simple link.

Users can add their home address to Google Maps to make it easy to find. Once registered, friends, family, and delivery ...

Google Maps will let users easily track a dropped pin by always pointing to the pin's location relative to the current position.

To do this on a mobile device, simply launch the Google Maps app and tap your starting point that doesn't already have a pin. On the Dropped Pin card that shows up onscreen, select Measure Distance.

However, we recently saw Google Maps testing a new circular icon, replacing conventional pin-shaped ones for saved places.