Ever got frustrated when you stumble across a place or address and then not sure what you can do with it next?
With the Pin Drop browser extensions, worry no longer! If the extension detects a perfect address match it will suggest to drop a pin. If there are multiple addresses or strange formatting simply right click on the address and select to drop a pin.
Download
If you're on a Mac you can download it from the App Store as a Mac App. All it will do is appear as an extension in the browser, it's not a standalone Mac version of the mobile app.
How does it work?
First things first, make sure you have the extension installed. When added to your browser you can access it from the same place as your other extensions.
Now, navigate to a page or blog you want to Pin Drop from and tap the (for the first time on a web page at least), grey Pin Drop logo.
Allow access and then the extension will be able to access the page's content.
Using the extension
Now you've downloaded it there are a few ways you can use the extension. In order to start, you will have to follow the instructions to login and link it to your Pin Drop account. If you skip this step it obviously doesn't know where to save your pins.
Detecting an address
The Pin Drop icon will change when it detects an address on the page.
Save places from Google Maps
When you visit a location on Google Maps you'll notice the Pin Drop extension icon will change. This means it's detected an address on the page. Tapping this will give you a little window asking if you'd like to save it to your pins.
How do I find places?
Once you're on a page that you want to save places from and you've enabled permissions for the extension, tap the now green Pin Drop logo and let it do it's magic.
It's not kidding when it says it might take a minute or two. If there's a lot of content on the page it can take a little while to extract information. Needless to say, it's worth the wait!
Save any address
We are slowly training our app to recognise more and more addresses. If it doesn't detect an address on the page, you can simply select any address on the page and right click. You'll see a dropdown menu which gives you the option to "Pin Drop this address". If it can find the address it will start the Pin Drop flow. It it can't it will let you know. Any issues with this, be sure to let us know.
