Over the years, Google Maps has evolved into an indispensable service for navigating and discovering places. Part of the credit for this goes to its extensive feature set and intuitive interface.

Whether you need to tell a friend about a hard-to-find a coffee shop or to remember where you left your car in an amusement park lot, you'll likely need to know how to drop a pin in Google Maps.

Dropping a pin to highlight a location is a key feature of the Google Maps experience. Yet it's easy to lose track of that pin. Especially when you're using the Android or iPhone version of the app.