MapKit JS Look Around not pointing camera towards the lat/lng entered

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We are using MapKit JS Look Around and initializing it like this:

window.lookAround = new mapkit.LookAround(
    document.getElementById('container'),
    new mapkit.Coordinate(listingLocation[1], listingLocation[0]),
    {openDialog: false})
;

This results in a Look Around scene being displayed correctly but the camera heading is not pointing towards the lat/lng that is passed to initialization. The example lat/lng that we're using is: lat=30.004195, lng=-95.59973

This lat/lng corresponds to the address: 11943 Laurel Meadow Dr, Tomball, TX 77377. The camera is pointing to the other side of the street to house number 11946. If you look for that address in Apple Maps the Look Around points to the correct house.

Is there a way to either specify the heading so that Look Around points in the correct heading?

Sample link: https://s.hartech.io/zFP2KnsCbsP

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DTS Engineer OP

Apple

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A coordinate is simply a 2D point on Earth, and does not indicate a direction or heading to orient in from street level, which is what you're looking for when setting up Look Around. You can use a Place, which you can create through several different mechanisms, to get the behavior you're looking for. There's an example of this as sample code.

— Ed Ford,  DTS Engineer

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hardeverick OP

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That sample code doesn't show how to create a place from a lat/lng or lookup a place by address, so I'm not sure if it would help my use-case.

Even though lat/lng is a 2D point with no heading information, the point were the camera is vs. the requested point creates a line that the camera should be pointing to. The Apple Maps app does this automatically.

Screenshot 2025-09-30 at 8.45.51 AM.png

We're also using Look Around in our iOS app and the heading is calculated there automatically from the same lat/lng we're providing to MapKit JS. See screenshots below:

Native app Look Around Screenshot 2025-09-30 at 8.51.26 AM.png

MapKit JS Look Around

Screenshot 2025-09-30 at 8.54.14 AM.png

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