I am aware that the year isn't over yet, but with 2025 only 30 days away and no real sign of another DCE release, I was wondering what everyone thinks is going to happen next year with DCE. Certainly Apple will have a lot of catching up to do, so could we see a big update to start the new year, or a repeat of 2024? What cities could be added next year?

In my grandma’s car, when she takes a few wrong turns apple maps stops speaking. She hasn’t updated her car or phone. I checked the settings for apple maps and all of them are enabled. I tried exiting the route and starting it again and it was still off. There’s a setting where you can have the maps speak only when there’s directions, or not have it speak at all, and I tried switching it off and on again and that didn’t do anything. Idk what it is. Thank you

Find it incredibly distracting and taking up a large part of the screen in one of my vehicles with a small screen when it keeps asking about if an accident or speed camera is still on the road… no way to turn it off in GMaps… now I see Apple Maps does this too and I can’t turn it off?!

Can someone explain to me how to make maps always show the current location? Without referring to home or the last visited site?

EDIT: kind of solved this one, let’s see how it will turn out long term. When entering maps you can clock your Apple id logo and there you can fix things by redefining or cleaning up

Does anyone else just sometimes lose custom pins? I use this feature for hiking because Apple Maps provides a much higher fidelity 3d scan of my area than any other app. Half the time my pins, even ones saved in custom guides, will disappear randomly.

Also, if you try using PRECISE coordinates, Apple will automatically zoom you over to a nearby custom pin. The problem is, nearby means a 5-20 mile radius depending on how temperamental Apple is feeling. Google maps does not do this.

I absolutely despise Google maps, constant bugs while I’m driving, un-centering the arrow so I have to re adjust on the road, missing turns on the highway, it’s dangerous. I know some people love it but I’ve preferred the minimalist Apple Maps. I have had no choice so I’m dealing with it. But I had a handyman coming over and I feel so bad because Apple Maps took him all over the place. I did tell him to use Google maps before he left but that’s just something people don’t think to do, it’s an extra step. Idk. ANYWAY

TLDR: How do I add my address to APPLE MAPS???

So recently i’ve been trying to 3D print topology maps which have gone successfully however i’d like to add buildings that are as accurate as possible… Flyover building data is pretty accurate from what i understand but is there a way to download it a specific area into a 3D modelling software where i can have the topology of the land as well as accurate buildings? I hope i’ve worded this in an understandable way…

Maybe i’m doing something wrong but this seems like a major bug for the offline maps feature. Has anyone tried to download a new offline map? every time i try it makes me first redownload and update all existing maps before attempting to download the newest one. incredibly frustrating that I either have to delete all my existing ones so the newest one can download or wait an hour for the other ones to finish. Whats the point of an offline map if it takes like two hours to download when i need it in 20 minutes.

Maybe I'm unrealistic (please tell me if I am), but Apple has so much money and resources - I don't see why they don't add way more coloured custom buildings in the cities with DCE.

The style they've gone for doesn't look too complex and already makes use of flat colors (so no need for any detailed texturing). I'm just surprised they don't hire a few 3D modelling studios to increase the number of buildings in each city? They've certainly got the cash! To make things worse, some of the custom building models which have been made don't even have colors.

From my perspective they make the map feel more alive and are always something which catches my 'Google Maps' friends attention when I'm driving haha

Am I missing something here? Maybe the limited number of buildings is purposeful to only highlight landmarks? idk

I just want to vent regarding AMaps and Gmaps,

i noticed at least on my case, both Maps seems to 80% give me the worst route.

sometimes it point to me to a side street just to get back to the main street.

even at time ask me to do U turn just to do another U turn.

not to mention, choosing the worst road with the worst traffic, while the other road is empty ( i test it with another friend of mine)

first, i think maybe my phone is bad. so i change my phone and i have 3 phone active (2 iphone and 1 android)

still give me the bad option.

any suggestion?

is it better to use car GPS device?

which one will be more reliable?

I just recently started to listen to podcast while driving via the Apple Podcast app. And I have an issue of navigation in Maps not producing any sound. It pauses the podcast playback but no sound come out. It works fine if I listen to music via Spotify.

Anyone has any idea what could be the issue and what could fix it? I’ve tried restarting the phone, but no change.

10 years ago, Apple Maps was quite honestly a joke in the eyes of the general public. People still thought of it as an inferior Google Maps that directed people to drive off of an overpass instead of getting them from A to B. Yet in 2024, many iPhone users default to Apple Maps as their preferred navigation experience. We have a (mostly) accurate map in some areas of the world, with extremely detailed city experiences featuring hand-crafted CAD models of landmark buildings. Cycling and transit directions are here, with the augmented-reality walking mode and EV routing being a few interesting yet useful additions.

While Apple Maps doesn't do it all, it's a far cry from it's blunder years. In 10 years, I see Apple Maps as the iMessage of smartphone navigation. Most major cities across the world will feature the DCE, with skylines of colorful building models and an ever-updated look around mode. All parts of the world with new map data will include new details, such as road markings and trees, a taste of the DCE. Users will be able to review shops, businesses, and more with text-reviews and Apple Intelligence review summaries. And best of all, the Local Guide system will make its way to Apple Maps with a new twist. Not only will users be able to edit map data and suggest changes, but using Image Playground, users can generate and suggest more accurate building models in seconds, complete with color and lighting in night mode.

Of course, these are just my (unrealistic) hopes for the next decade of Apple Maps. Whether or not they come to fruition we will see. What would YOU like to see for the future of the platform?

edit:grammar

iPhone 15+ iOS 18.1.1 Apple maps (and Google Maps) will randomly interrupt my drive with a route suggestion to home (or even other places I’ve only been to occasionally).

I don’t ever have set times that I drive home (I’m not a commuter) or anywhere else, so: (1) Why is this happening? (2) How do I turn it off?

thanks in advance 😉

And totally passed over the release they had in Italy…

Is this possible? I can't find a way to add a business to my contacts. Why would Apple prevent this? I can't do it in Google Maps either. Am I missing something? I wasted way to much time today trying to keep track of a Dry Cleaners I am using.