There are three ways to move the map to a particular spot: search for it by name, type its coordinates or grid reference into search, or enter them in Go to location.

In this article: Search for a place · Search for coordinates or a grid reference · Use Go to location · Good to know

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Search for a place

1. Tap the search bar at the top of the Home screen. (The Search tab, and the search icon at the left of the map information bar, open the same search.)
2. Type the name of a place — a town, a mountain, a car park.
3. Tap a result under Locations. The map opens at that spot.

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Search for coordinates or a grid reference

You can type a position straight into search, in any of these formats:

• Latitude and longitude, such as 53.0681 -4.0769
• Degrees, minutes and seconds, such as 53°04’05″N 4°04’34″W
• A British or Irish grid reference, such as NN 16604 71259 or V 80317 84437
• An easting and northing in numbers only. If the numbers could belong to more than one grid, you’ll see a result for each — pick the one you mean.

Tap the result under Coordinates to go there.

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Use Go to location

Go to location lets you say exactly which format you’re typing — useful when a reference could be read more than one way.

1. On any map, tap Options, then Go to location in the Navigation section.
2. On Android the window is titled Search. Keep the Coordinates tab selected. (The Location tab searches by place name instead.)
3. Check the coordinate drop-down — Coordinate Reference System on iPhone, Map Projection on Android. It starts on the system you use in the map information bar; change it if you’re typing a different format.
4. Type the coordinates. The example under the box shows the format to use.
5. Tap GO (Go on Android).

The drop-down offers World Geodetic System / WGS (Lat, Lon), Latitude/Longitude (DMS), Great Britain Grid Reference, Irish Grid Reference and New Zealand Grid Reference.

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Good to know

• Go to location keeps a list of your Recent Searches, so you can jump back to a spot quickly.
• To read the coordinates of any point, set a slot in the map information bar to Coordinates and move the map so the crosshair is over it. See Map information bar.
• To change the coordinate system HiiKER uses by default, see Set Grid Preferences / Map Projections.

Related: Understanding map coordinate systems in HiiKER and How to Search on HiiKER.