How to add a pin / marker in Google Maps? I met a new contact from another city and quickly wanted to add his contact address in maps (so that I can find it quickly when I drive down there).

Even after a lot of fiddlying, I couldn't find an easy way to simply add a "Pin" to the map. I could select places / businesses by long pressing on them and starring them. But I couldn't add my own places/pins/markers on the map.

I am using Google Maps on Asus Transformer with Honeycomb 3.2, with all updates installed.
Google Maps for Android allows storing places/locations by starring them, this should also work for every place on the map, not just places and businesses.


Long press on the point on the map you want to star
The Address will load, press it
In the upper right corner is a little gray star, select it


These stars are also synced on maps.google.com if you are logged in with your account. The star will be named after the nearest address, but it will be exactly at the point you selected.