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Just an FYI…and I think this was brought up in the iOS 15 thread…but turning Bluetooth on did seem to fix my Google Maps tunnel issue. So, thanks for that!
Apple Maps still performed and looked way better.
Apple Maps still performed and looked way better.
Went to report a hazard this morning and its no longer on the CarPlay Maps screen as an icon. Had to go to the menu to make the report.
They are way overdue in adding a construction reporting button, too.
They are way overdue in adding a construction reporting button, too.
Yes! I don’t need 10 categories but that and a longer option to report on incidents until you pass by it would be top of my list.
Glad it worked! The Bluetooth beacons in tunnels are pretty neat.Just an FYI…and I think this was brought up in the iOS 15 thread…but turning Bluetooth on did seem to fix my Google Maps tunnel issue. So, thanks for that!
Apple Maps still performed and looked way better.
+1000 on the time. They should adjust that from a time interval to when, you know, you actually arrive at the alleged incident? Pretty pointless if the timer runs out before you can see if it’s there or not.
I noticed incidents on my ride to LaGuardia last night stayed on well after I passed them.
I know when Craig said Vegas was getting the new city experience, he didn't say when...but a part of me thought it would be coming soon after he mentioned it. I sort of imagined it being released by now. Of course I'm waiting for them to get Vegas out of the way so it puts us that much closer to Chicago being released 😂
That aside, I'm looking forward to the cooler(ish) weather we have coming our way next week so I can give the cycling directions a try!
That aside, I'm looking forward to the cooler(ish) weather we have coming our way next week so I can give the cycling directions a try!
It was only on the screen when NOT routing and that has never changed from the beginning.
Not routing - button on screen (after you tap it)
While routing - tap on menu and then report.
Just took these this morning…has always been like this since it was released widely a year ago….This is what you are referring to, correct?
Button on screen when not routing
While routing, open menu to report
It was only on the screen when NOT routing and that has never changed from the beginning.
Not routing - button on screen (after you tap it)
While routing - tap on menu and then report.
Just took these this morning…has always been like this since it was released widely a year ago….This is what you are referring to, correct?
Button on screen when not routing
While routing, open menu to report
Disagree. It was there while routing at some point. May have been removed but it was definitely there (and for awhile only there)
I think I noted it during the iOS15 betas last year...I'll see if I can find the post when it moved...but it was a LONG time ago.
EDIT: Actually, it was in the iOS14 betas shortly after it was introduced that they changed it. If I remember correctly, it became available in early February 2021, and then it was changed once that beta went public in late April.
I reference it here in this thread and show pics from later that year...still looking for the original post and pics.
ORIGINAL POST FROM ME WHEN REPORTING BUTTON WAS ON SCREEN
POST WHERE I MENTION IT CHANGING IN SPRING 2021 (and then I mention the two separate locations a couple of posts later HERE)
Looks like I added it as a note to the main iOS 15 Maps page on June 13, 2021...but I'm pretty sure I only wrote it then as I was adding notable features, but I guess it could have happened then.
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Hmm, there’s one spot showing elevation in Chicago... 🤔 Can’t say I recall seeing this before. Started looking around the city and Soldier Field stuck out like a sore thumb!
So far, this is the only place I’m seeing any sort of elevation. Maybe Chicago’s release is coming sooner than I thought it would 🤔 **Geek excitement builds!**
So far, this is the only place I’m seeing any sort of elevation. Maybe Chicago’s release is coming sooner than I thought it would 🤔 **Geek excitement builds!**
Wow I was randomly looking at some POIs in the UK in and near London, and there are places that have over 100 ratings on Maps using the native rating system. I guess people there are actually using the feature more regularly? In the US I have seen a couple places with like 5-10 ratings, but it’s rare.
I was just reading this article and it got me thinking about a wide release of Look Around in the USA happening soon (yeah...I'm still on that... 🤣 )
I heard it when they said it, but it only clicked just now...probably because I just sold my house and am on Zillow like 5 times a day. If Zillow has said they are going to use Look Around instead of StreetView as they do currently, I imagine they would only make that change if Look Around was actually AVAILABLE!
I'll stick to a safe bet as available "by the end of the year" but I'd honestly be surprised if it wasn't released when iOS16 comes out this Fall.
I heard it when they said it, but it only clicked just now...probably because I just sold my house and am on Zillow like 5 times a day. If Zillow has said they are going to use Look Around instead of StreetView as they do currently, I imagine they would only make that change if Look Around was actually AVAILABLE!
I'll stick to a safe bet as available "by the end of the year" but I'd honestly be surprised if it wasn't released when iOS16 comes out this Fall.
Ooh good point. I didn’t put that together either when they mentioned that about Zillow 🤦♂️
And I know I’ve said multiple times that I’m sort of iffy on whether or not my town will be included in the detailed city experience comes out. (Unless it covers an area larger than Chicago’s current Look Around…and then Look Around is expanded to match, like they did in other cities for example. That’s a possibility but I think I might still be juuuuuuuust a little too far).
However, I was looking around yesterday and in addition to that elevation around Soldier Field that I posted above…I did a closer look around my little town. Apple seems to have done some clean up around here. More 3D models added to the Standard Map View. More bike paths added. They even fixed our highway interchange (previously, looking at the map, it made it look the interstate highway passed over our state highway (making the interstate the “overpass”). The state highway is actually the overpass and the map now correctly shows this. That change actually makes me a little more confident that we might get included in the elevation data, because if we weren’t…the way it was previously displayed, while shown incorrectly, wasn’t really consequential in any way. I’d only consider it consequential if we were going to be getting a 3D view. Heck, the only reason even I noticed that it showed it that way was only because I really zoomed in on it and saw that it looked “layered” wrong. If I didn’t zoom in that far, I wouldn’t have noticed that. It has never messed with routing, either. I first noticed it a few days ago and noticed yesterday that it was fixed.
Looks like Berlin, Leipzig and Hamburg all got LookAround today.
Now…how about USA! USA! USA!
Now…how about USA! USA! USA!
Cycling directions now available across the continental US.
.....and what is a major component of cycling directions?? Elevation data. And what also uses elevation data extensively? Detailed city maps.
I REALLY want the detailed street info, elevation and trees for the entire country (USA) as part of a LookAround mass release.
I REALLY want the detailed street info, elevation and trees for the entire country (USA) as part of a LookAround mass release.
Apple has just released the new data maps in France, Monaco and New Zealand.
France and New Zealand have look around. Monaco does not.
Full Look Around coverage in France (it appears).
Alright Apple…full coverage in the US please 🙏 I’m getting surprised to see how many places are getting full coverage before us. Wouldn’t have guessed it panning out like that when the feature was first announced!
Alright Apple…full coverage in the US please 🙏 I’m getting surprised to see how many places are getting full coverage before us. Wouldn’t have guessed it panning out like that when the feature was first announced!
Full Look Around coverage in France (it appears).
Alright Apple…full coverage in the US pleaseI’m getting surprised to see how many places are getting full coverage before us. Wouldn’t have guessed it panning out like that when the feature was first announced!
I’m getting surprised to see how many places are getting full coverage before us. Wouldn’t have guessed it panning out like that when the feature was first announced!
Still fits with my theory that they are saving it for the Apple A/R headset reveal.
Alright, now that we have France, Monaco, and New Zealand released…how do we think the rest of this year is going to play out? We already have a list of 11 upcoming countries/regions from Apple, so that makes this a little easier.
We can already shorten that list to 8 after yesterday’s release. So based on average testing time, I wouldn’t be surprised if Apple groups those remaining 8 and release them by region, giving us 5 in one release and 3 in the other. This would give us Belgium, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Netherlands, and Switzerland all at once. And then give us Israel, Palestinian Territories, and Saudi Arabia all at once. Given how long each release is in testing, I don’t think they’d be able to break up those 8 into groups any smaller than that and still get it done by the end of the year at this point. I think it would make sense to do it grouped like this because these are all pretty small countries. Of the remaining 8 on the list, Saudi Arabia is larger than a lot of these other countries combined, if I’m not mistaken.
We can already shorten that list to 8 after yesterday’s release. So based on average testing time, I wouldn’t be surprised if Apple groups those remaining 8 and release them by region, giving us 5 in one release and 3 in the other. This would give us Belgium, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Netherlands, and Switzerland all at once. And then give us Israel, Palestinian Territories, and Saudi Arabia all at once. Given how long each release is in testing, I don’t think they’d be able to break up those 8 into groups any smaller than that and still get it done by the end of the year at this point. I think it would make sense to do it grouped like this because these are all pretty small countries. Of the remaining 8 on the list, Saudi Arabia is larger than a lot of these other countries combined, if I’m not mistaken.