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Top 5 Apple Maps Features

One of the Apple applications that users most often use when they go on a trip is Apple Maps. Although for a time it was in the shadow of its main competitor, Google Maps, now it has functions that make it compete with it and even surpass it. In this post we are going to tell you 5 that you must always keep in mind to get the most out of this app.

Featured features of Apple Maps

The Cupertino company has been update after update polishing all the details of one of its most used applications such as Apple Maps. So much so, that today it can be considered as one of the best GPS navigation applications for iPhone that users can use when they travel or simply want to move around a city. Here are 5 functions that you have to know and which you will get a lot of use out of.

  • Save the location of where you have parked the car. This function really comes in handy, especially at those times when you leave your city and you really don’t know the destination perfectly or the area where you have left your car parked. For this to be possible, the steps you have to carry out are the following.
    1. Open the Settings app on your iPhone.
    2. Select Maps.
    3. Activate “Show parked car”.
  • Learn how to change the map view. This is one of the most unknown functions by all users, and that is that Apple Maps has up to 4 different map modes. Each of these is adapted to specific needs, so depending on the use you are going to make of the application, you can use one or the other. To switch between these four options you just have to click on the icon that is present in the upper right corner of the screen. The four existing map modes are as follows.
    • To explore.
    • by car
    • Public transport.
    • Satelite.

map options apple maps

  • If you want to browse and fly over a city, the mode flyover It will leave you with your mouth open. Unfortunately, this functionality is not available in all cities, since it is something relatively new and the Cupertino company has to improve and expand the catalog of available cities, but it is certainly something that you have to take into account. Here are the steps so you can make use of it.
    1. Open Apple Maps.
    2. Find a city.
    3. Click on the name of the city.
    4. Click on the “Flyover” button.

Flyover Apple Maps

  • A function that will come in handy if you go on a trip to an unknown place are the travel guides that Apple Maps has. With these you can find relevant information about different cities, such as their most emblematic places, museums, monuments or tourist and interest areas.
  • Apple Maps doesn’t have to be just an app that you use when you travel, in fact it has really interesting functions for all those users who have to use public transport on a daily basis or simply use a vehicle to go to work. Thus, change transportation preference It is very interesting if you always go by car, public transport or by bike, for example. To do this, you just have to follow the following steps.
    1. Open the Maps app.
    2. Click on your profile image.
    3. Set your transportation preference.

Apple Maps preferences

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