---
title: Place
framework: applenewsformat
role: symbol
role_heading: Object
path: applenewsformat/place
---

# Place

The component for adding a map with a specific point of interest.

## Declaration

```data
object Place
```

## Properties

latitude: The latitude of the place’s location. longitude: The longitude of the place’s location. role: Always place for this component. accessibilityCaption: The caption that describes a place. The text is used for VoiceOver. For more information about VoiceOver, see the Vision page in Accessibility. If you don’t provide accessibilityCaption, VoiceOver uses the caption value. anchor: An object that defines vertical alignment with another component. animation: An object that defines an animation you apply to the component. Use the none value for conditional design elements. Adding it here has no effect. behavior: An object that defines behavior for a component, like Parallax or Springy. Use the none value for conditional design elements. Adding it here has no effect. caption: A string that describes the place depicted on the map. For example, if the latitude and longitude point to a park, the caption should contain the name of the park. The caption is displayed in the full screen version of the map, and the text is used by VoiceOver if accessibilityCaption is not provided. For more information about VoiceOver, see the Vision page in Accessibility. conditional: An instance or array of component properties that you can apply conditionally, and the conditions that cause Apple News Format to apply them. hidden: A Boolean value that determines whether the component is hidden. identifier: An optional unique identifier for this component. If you use identifier, it must be unique across the entire document. You need an identifier for your component if you want to anchor other components to it. layout: An inline ComponentLayout object that contains layout information, or a string reference to a ComponentLayout object that you define at the top level of the document. If you don’t define layout, size and position are based on various factors, such as the device type, the length of the content, and the role of this component. mapType: A string that defines the type of map to display by default. Valid values: standard (default). Displays the standard map. hybrid. Displays a map with satellite imagery with standard features overlaid. satellite. Displays satellite imagery only. span: The object for defining the visible area of a map, relative to its center. A span is defined in deltas for latitude and longitude. style: An inline ComponentStyle object that defines the appearance of this component, or a string reference to a ComponentStyle object that is defined at the top level of the document. The none value is used for conditional design elements. Adding it here has no effect.

## Discussion

Discussion Use the Place component to display a map with a single point of interest. The map automatically centers the point of interest based on the latitude and longitude locations you provide. If you want to display multiple pins on a map, use the Map component. Example {   "components": [     {       "role": "title",       "text": "Maps"     },     {       "role": "body",       "text": "With turn-by-turn spoken directions, interactive 3D views, proactive suggestions, lane guidance, and more, Maps gets you where you need to go."     },     {       "role": "heading2",       "text": "Place Heading"     },     {       "role": "place",       "mapType": "hybrid",       "latitude": 35.065908,       "longitude": -109.781623     }   ] }

## Relationships

### Inherits From

- [Component](applenewsformat/component.md)

## See Also

### Location

- [Map](applenewsformat/map.md)
- [MapItem](applenewsformat/mapitem.md)
- [MapSpan](applenewsformat/mapspan.md)