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# ARFrame.WorldMappingStatus.limited

World tracking has not yet sufficiently mapped the area around the current device position.

```
case limited
```

## Discussion

When the [`worldMappingStatus`](/documentation/ARKit/ARFrame/worldMappingStatus-swift.property) of the session’s [`currentFrame`](/documentation/ARKit/ARSession/currentFrame) is [`ARFrame.WorldMappingStatus.limited`](/documentation/ARKit/ARFrame/WorldMappingStatus-swift.enum/limited), the session has not yet fully mapped the real-world space around the device, nor the scene visible to the camera.

Although it is possible at this time to save a world map by calling [`getCurrentWorldMap(completionHandler:)`](/documentation/ARKit/ARSession/getCurrentWorldMap(completionHandler:)), the resulting [`ARWorldMap`](/documentation/ARKit/ARWorldMap) is unlikely to be useful for relocalization in the real-world space near the device’s current position.

To produce a higher quality world map, wait for the user to explore more of their surroundings and the session’s status to change to [`ARFrame.WorldMappingStatus.mapped`](/documentation/ARKit/ARFrame/WorldMappingStatus-swift.enum/mapped) or [`ARFrame.WorldMappingStatus.extending`](/documentation/ARKit/ARFrame/WorldMappingStatus-swift.enum/extending).

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