/r/applemaps
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/r/applemaps
Hello, I’ve noticed since I upgraded my phone to iPhone 16, whenever I use maps I have to manually end route on maps. I’m trying to see if there’s a setting to automatically end route or there’s a glitch?
Like why would you give me 3 options to pick and then switch it? Like do i gotta check my phone every 15 fkin seconds? Make no sense at all
Sorry for the english. After filling the tank with fuel the navigation mode of my car starts doing a noise instead of keep talking, it only talks for the important things. After the gas station always happens the same, help me solving it please. I would describe this sound as 2 consecutive notes, one higher and other lower and backwards.
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.
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.