![]() Occasionally, I find that it will tell me to u-turn for quite a while, but the display is usually still useful. If I'm making my own way, the navigation will generally re-route well enough. Just enter in some sort of destination near the general area I'm heading.It sometimes difficult cognitively to reorient the map in my head to determine left/right, east/west, etc. The main reason I typically want this is to see curves coming up in the road, so I need the map to follow me and for it to orient itself to my perspective. Many years later and I still find myself wanting this type of functionality. Is that something that Apple Maps does and I have not discovered how to activate it? Anybody know what that feature is called? Needless to say operating a phone while you are driving is both Not Really Safe and unlawful in many parts of the US. I eventually drive off the displayed map and would have to tap the arrow to re-center the map. ![]() ![]() If I open Apple maps (or Waze or Google maps.) tap on the locator (Apple maps arrow at top right) to display my current location the map does not follow me. It's also good for finding shortcuts that you were not previously aware of. I found this extremely helpful when I am in locations that I am not real familiar with or just exploring to get the lay of the land. So you get a display that shows your car stationary in the middle of the screen with the map moving around you. In stand-alone automotive GPS systems if you just have it on but have not programmed in a specific destination it will show your moving on an active scrolling street map of the road you are on and any roads that are currently within the default zoom area.
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