Updated
September 24, 2016.
The built-in Maps app that comes with all iPhones, iPod touch music players and iPads uses a technology called Assisted GPS, which combines standard GPS technology with information derived from cellular data networks for fast and accurate GPS readings.
The Maps app includes many features to help you get where you are going. Among them are:
- Turn-By-Turn Directions - With turn-by-turn navigation, Siri gives verbal instructions regarding turns, exits and distances. It is possible to follow Siri's voice and reach your destination without looking at the map while you travel.
- Map Quality - The quality and the clarity of the maps improves with each new iOS version.
- 3D - The 3D option transforms maps from flat images to images with depth that you can move in and out of to get directions, find locations of interest, and browse the globe.
- Flyover - This feature gives 3D a new meaning. Instead of just seeing a top-down view of locations, Flyover gives you real-world photos of major metropolitan areas that look as though you're flying over them in a plane or helicopter. You can explore a city without leaving your couch.
- Transit - Back by popular demand in iOS 10, the Transit option customizes transit information for selected cities—subway, bus, train and ferry—with the stations and lines displayed on the map. One tap brings up schedules.
- Nearby - The Nearby feature shows categories of businesses nearby, such as Food, Drink, Shopping and Fun, among others. Each category can be expanded for a list of nearby destinations in that category.
- Rides - Beginning with iOS 10, Apple Maps can hail a Lyft or Uber car for you.
Apple Maps is available for any device that can run iOS 6 or higher.
Continue to the next page to learn how to use Turn-By-Turn Directions to get where you are going.