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Attachment 6(to the Agreement)Additional Terms for the use of the Apple Maps Service2.2 You will not use the Apple Maps Service in any manner that enables or permits bulk downloads or feeds of the Map Data, or any portion thereof, or that in any way attempts to extract, scrape or reutilize any portions of the Map Data. For example, neither You nor Your Application may use or make available the Map Data, or any portion thereof, as part of any secondary or derived database.2.3 Except to the extent expressly permitted herein, You agree not to copy, modify, translate, create a derivative work of, publish or publicly display the Map Data in any way. Further, You may not use or compare the data provided by the Apple Maps Service for the purpose of improving or creating another mapping service. You agree not to create or attempt to create a substitute or similar service through use of or access to the Apple Maps

We are building a native iOS app built in Swift 2.2. We are using Apple Maps for navigation and directions. The problem is when we ask for MKDirectionRequest for directions, a lot of times it shows directions on the wrong side of the road. The problem according to me is that MKDirections does not accept course, so it does not know on which side of the road we are. That is the reason why it sometimes shows the route on the wrong side of the road.I have searched the documentation for MKDirection and there is no option to send your course.Any help is appreciated.Thanks in advance.

Hi everyone, I’m building an iOS 18+ app in Xcode where Apple Maps is central. My goal is to start with the default Apple Maps experience (map view, search bar, pins, directions sheet, etc.) and then customize it for my project. I tried coding it from scratch using MapKit and SwiftUI, but I wasn’t able to get full parity with the basic features of the Maps app. My questions: Is there any sample project, template, or reference that provides the default Apple Maps functionality (views + interactions) as a baseline? Can I copy these into my Xcode project and then extend/customize them? If not, what’s the recommended best practice to get as close as possible to the native Maps app before adding my own features? Any guidance, sample code, or documentation links would be greatly appreciated.

I have been using the following python library to generate apple map snapshots. has worked fine until about ~12 hours ago - now all I'm getting is bad request for any snapshot with overlays. if it's just a snapshot with a defined center and no polyline overlays, it still works. perhaps something has changed with the api's way of parsing percent encoded parameters? it's super irritating that there's no changelog or source code to view. what the heck??? https://pypi.org/project/mapsnap/

In iOS 11 Apple made i big improvements in Apple maps application. Mainly in voice directions (for example information about lane). But mapkit was not changed and developers could not get so detailed directions from mapkit as Apple maps application. Does exist some possibility to gain access to the new detailed directions as in new Apple maps? Or may be Apple planning to release new version of mapkit with improved directions? I will be grateful for any information and especially for answer from Apple engineers.

hi, When changing the map to Satellite in Apple Maps and centering it on Ōmuta City, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan (as shown in the image), the app crashes when swiping to the right. This issue also occurs in MapKit, and I confirmed it happens in Apple Maps as well. It seems that either the satellite map tiles are missing or an error is occurring. Our application is experiencing a crash, and this has become a serious issue. Since September 1, crashes have increased significantly. Initially, we suspected that the issue was due to our application’s implementation, but our investigation revealed that the problem lies with the map tiles being called through MapKit. Could you please investigate this issue and provide a fix?

Hello everyone, I need help updating business information on Apple Maps for locations in Ukraine. Unfortunately, the usual methods, like Report an Issue in the Maps app or using Apple Business Connect, don’t seem to be working properly for Ukrainian businesses. Many locations have outdated or missing details, which is frustrating for both business owners and customers. Given the current situation, keeping information accurate is more important than ever. Has anyone successfully updated business listings in Ukraine recently? If so, could you share the process or any contacts that might help? Any advice would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance!

Hi there. Our company provides on the go charger rental services. We have 600 vending machines across the US. Our vending machines are charging machines with portable chargers inside. We have our app and our customers can find a charging machine using an app map. Our machines are located in restaurants, malls, airports etc. We want to put our machines' locations on Apple Map. It can help our customers to find a charging machine and rent a charger. Please advise us how can we make it?

If I google for collections swift map the resulting hits are mostly third party explanations (which are great) or Apple pages that do not actually explain map (but reffer to it while explaining something else). If I limit my search to Apple's documentation (e.g. here) I get taken to a number of promissing looking pages but none of them explain the functions. For example the Apple documentation for Collection Types contains seven hits when I search the page for map, but every one of them is from the phrase maple syrup (I'm not joking, try it!)Where is the Apple Swift language documentation for the functions map, flatMap, filter, and reduce?

How do you get the Maps in SwiftUI to show the User Location on the Apple Watch? Map(coordinateRegion: $mapSetupRegion, interactionModes: mapInteractionModes, showsUserLocation: mapShowUserLocation, userTrackingMode: $mapTrackingMode ) These are the variables we have been using. @State private var mapTrackingMode = MapUserTrackingMode.follow private var mapShowUserLocation = true private var mapInteractionModes = MapInteractionModes.all @State private var mapSetupRegion = MKCoordinateRegion( center: CLLocationCoordinate2D( latitude : 37.3318,longitude : -122.0312), span: MKCoordinateSpan( latitudeDelta : 0.1, longitudeDelta : 0.1 ) ) Thanks.

HiFirstly I'm not 100% sure if this is an iOS 11 issue but as I have iOS 11 installed, I can't ask the question in the normal Apple Forums.Recently I've been to London and noticed an address automatically appear below the Search Bar in Apple Maps. I've not searched for this location. All I know is that the address of this location is a shop that I've walked past on a number of occassions. I can't delete this address, if I swipe from right to left, I only have the share option and not the delete option.I've tried uninstalling Maps, switching my iPhone 7 Plus off/on and instaling again but the address remains :-(Any ideas of how to resolve this annoying issue?Thanks in advance.Barry

Does Apple Map Kit support autofill when user is typing? For example, I start to type a city name and a tableview below shows possible options that the user can tap on to fill in the result without typing in full. Or they can type in Current Location and it autofills. I know Google Maps API supports this, but I'm having trouble finding if Apple Maps does and I think I would prefer using Apple Maps on this iOS project to keep things simpler.If so, is there a Swift example of how to implement? I found the following, but it's in Objective C and I'm not sure this is covers what auto complete as described above.https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/samplecode/MapSearch/Introduction/Intro.htmlThanks!

I intend to coloring streets on the map that I will present in my app . However already I tried to make an array with multiple coordinates and send paint color and really have success, however is all the s or else the coordinates do not add up . What better way to color the streets getting painted streets as when picked directions. I´m used Swift language.

Hello, can i update information of business created at apple maps by api ?

Currently i'm working on a project for intergrating schedules in the apple calendar. I wanted to add some icalendar apple extensions, such as the X-APPLE-TRAVEL-DURATION. Does someone know where i can find the documentation for these apple extensions?