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The iOS14 Apple Maps Thread
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Wow...that was kind of out of the blue.
Yeah it was! I signed myself up for Justin O’Bierne’s emails for new areas added. Saw that one in my inbox and was surprised! Didn’t notice anything other than this one when I looked
I find his web very interesting and informative.
he said that the launch of look around was hinged on the nos of skyscrapers in the cities.
however, I checked Apple s data collection schedule and not even saw any dates for data collecting in Hong Kong.
isn’t Hong Kong one of the cities having the highest nos of tall building and denser than Tokyo, and still considered one of the international cities?
why there is no plan for look around to be launched in Hong Kong?
Very fruitful discussion for me. The more I talked to an experienced iOS user like you the more I got Apple s logic.
let me recap.
Apple Map actually require street addr to locate a place on the Map. The search in Map app do AUTO mapping poi to street addr and display the location straightly.
in calendar app, it becomes a bit tricky. To make an event s venue possible to be located on Map, Apple requires the event street addr to be filled in properly right when the event was created. So, it expects the poi was typed in first and then the users pick the poi from the selection list. ** it makes much sense in CarPlay (as you won’t need floor and room info) but not really match the order of typing when we fill in the addr of a meeting venue. ** If you try type in the additional info after picking the poi , you will see the text field already filled fully with a long street addr and you have move the cursor around the text input field for typing the additional info.
Now, what andriod system does is a lot smarter, they do exactly what you would call, parsing, that is to extract the parts that are searchable on Map, and do the mapping behind the scene instead of replacing the poi you typed with a full street addr in the text field.
the parsing is auto. It would display a little map or even a photo other event venue as long as the addr you provided contain the poi.
so, Apple Contact app require addr in strictly district and street name format , which reveal Contact has long been due for a major update.
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I think it might be because China has strengthened their grip on Hong Kong and either explicitly doesn‘t allow mapping by third parties to take place anymore, or Apple doesn’t want to try its luck.
Maybe Chinese Government not allowing lookaround mapping at the moment?
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I have yet to see this myself (aside from posts about it here). I have noticed there isn't a lot of "noise" about this feature, so I do wonder what they have in mind with it.
Is there an update on App Clips? It feels like Apple might have abandoned that feature, but it was supposed to be integrated in Maps.
Bah...I've been experiencing an annoying glitch ever since the update to iOS 14.
I have my "Home" address set to a fake address that approximately represents the location of my apartment building's garage entrance. The fake address places the Home marker too far north, so I "refine" the location of the marker, and then choose *not* to report it to Apple, but instead to merely save this "refined" location on all of my devices. In the past, Apple always remembered this.
But ever since updating to iOS 14, Apple forgets my "refined" location every other day or so, and so I have to keep refining it over and over again. I've already reported this twice to them.
I have my "Home" address set to a fake address that approximately represents the location of my apartment building's garage entrance. The fake address places the Home marker too far north, so I "refine" the location of the marker, and then choose *not* to report it to Apple, but instead to merely save this "refined" location on all of my devices. In the past, Apple always remembered this.
But ever since updating to iOS 14, Apple forgets my "refined" location every other day or so, and so I have to keep refining it over and over again. I've already reported this twice to them.
Hey I can see my hometown from there...but apparently it’s still not important enough to have a label at that zoom level 😂😂😂 But anyway...that’s a strange issue! Can’t say I’ve experienced that one before!
I encounter a bug related to “home”.
I set my home addr to the building s name, then it prompted to replace the location label on the map from the building s name to “home”
it is quite ridiculous as the building location should be tagged as “home” rather than replacing the label.
Interestingly, back on iOS 13, I would sometimes experience this same glitch. Except instead of being centered over the Bay Area, it would position the map in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, a few hundred miles off the coast of Africa.
I don't like navigating home based on Apple Maps' "suggestions" for a similar reason. As soon as I get into my car and start up CarPlay (assuming I'm *not* home), Apple Maps will suggest directions home. If I open Maps, it will actually calculate and show me a route. If I'm not going home, I need to cancel this route so I can choose something else. But even if I am going home, I cancel it anyway. For some reason, navigating home from the suggestion replaces the "Home" label with the nice blue house with a standard red pin showing the home address, rather than just the word "Home".
I find that annoying, so I always cancel the suggestion, and choose Home from my Favorites bar.
Hmmm...my “home” navigation prompt always works for me.
I actually freaked out yesterday when I got I. The car and it suggested a route to Costco when I opened maps on CarPlay...yes, I actually was going to Costco.
Then, when leaving Costco, instead of suggesting a route home, it suggested a route to my local grocery store instead.
Damn you Apple...yes, I typically go to my local grocery store after Costco to get other stuff from there.
It knows me too well at this point.
I actually freaked out yesterday when I got I. The car and it suggested a route to Costco when I opened maps on CarPlay...yes, I actually was going to Costco.
Then, when leaving Costco, instead of suggesting a route home, it suggested a route to my local grocery store instead.
Damn you Apple...yes, I typically go to my local grocery store after Costco to get other stuff from there.
It knows me too well at this point.
At least it was just Costco and groceries. It’s when it starts doing it for takeaway and fast food places that you have to worry!
I have like 4 places I travel to on a regular basis....Costco, local grocery store and 2 parks where I walk my dog...that's it...I'm lame....
I have the Maps widget on my home screen and the other day it did show a more zoomed in version of that area for a short while before it updated to where i actually was. I didnt have a great signal at the time so it was almost like it defaulted to this whilst it sorted itself out.
It does learn quite well, when i get in my car at lunchtime its invariably to go to a local retail park where there are a few shops along with a big supermarket with a petrol station. If i am in the car at lunch its normally to pop down there for something and it will generally suggest directions to their not that i need them as its about a mile\mile and a half to get there and just involved turning right at three roundabouts!