{"id":50634,"date":"2019-07-16T11:28:47","date_gmt":"2019-07-16T16:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?p=50634"},"modified":"2019-10-09T12:12:09","modified_gmt":"2019-10-09T17:12:09","slug":"use-maps-to-get-from-here-to-there","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/50634-use-maps-to-get-from-here-to-there\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Use Apple Maps to Get from Here to There"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Apple Maps app has been included with the Mac OS since the release of OS X Mavericks. The Maps app provides mapping services that include directions, turn-by-turn navigation, transit time for car, public transit, and walking, 3D modeling of terrain and buildings, trip planning, Flyover, traffic, and quite a few other features.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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While the Maps app for the Mac is a powerful mapping tool, it really shines when paired with an iPhone or iPad as a navigation aid<\/a>. You can even make use of an Apple Watch to guide you to your destination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maps History<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Maps app hasn\u2019t always been a hit; some would go so far as to say the original implementation was a flop, with so many errors in the underlying map base that it wasn\u2019t uncommon to hear about people being directed onto farms, or into fields or lakes as part of a route to get from here to there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the years, Apple has been making improvements to the Maps app, adding features and correcting underlying problems with the map base. Eventually, Apple came to the conclusion that mapping was more than a feature needed for Apple devices; it was a core technology needed for the future of Apple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2018, Apple announced that it was rebuilding Maps from the ground up, using mapping data that it was generating from Apple mapping vehicles, as well as crowd-sourced location data gathered from participating iOS users.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apple has already started rolling out the new mapping data, incorporating it into current versions of Maps, and slowly replacing the mapping data provided by third-party sources, such as TomTom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Using Maps<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019re going to take a look at a few of the features found in the Maps app for the Mac, specifically for versions included with macOS Sierra and later, with an emphasis on Maps 2.1, which was released with macOS Mojave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maps has many uses, including looking up locations, making travel plans<\/a>, and getting directions. The Maps search bar is likely to be where your trip begins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you haven\u2019t already done so, launch Maps, located in the \/Applications folder, or click on the Maps icon in the Dock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Search:<\/strong>Maps includes a search bar located front and center at the top of the Maps window. Click in the search bar and enter the location you\u2019re interested in. You can try searching on addresses, business names, parks, schools, street names, cities, states, and countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As you enter the search criteria, Maps will generate search suggestions. You can select from suggestions as a shortcut to entering a full name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If the search query returns a result (and it usually will), Maps will display the location and drop a red pin, indicating its exact location on the map.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Favorites<\/strong>: Over time you\u2019ll likely build up a number of locations you keep returning to. You can make returning to these locations easier by adding them to your list of Favorites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Store the places you keep returning to in your Favorites for quick access.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n