You need to use Apple Maps to plan a number of stops alongside the identical route. You’ll be able to add three, 4 and even 15 stops to your journey in order for you.
Right here’s the way it works.
Easy methods to plan multistop routes in Apple Maps
Apple Maps suffered from a tough begin upon launch in 2012, however greater than a decade of incremental enhancements modified the state of affairs. Apple Maps is now a feature-rich service, praised for its lovely design and accuracy. Not solely does it supply a extremely detailed portrayal of the world, its superior navigation options make it straightforward to get round. Its public transit integration was a lifesaver after I went to California for WWDC22.
Desk of contents: Easy methods to plan multistop routes in Apple Maps
- Add a number of locations
- Seek for a cease alongside your route
- Pause and resume navigation
- Extra options in Apple Maps
Add a number of locations
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Navigating from wherever you’re to a specific handle works a lot the identical. Seek for a enterprise, faucet on any location, kind in an handle and faucet Instructions. You’ll be able to choose between Driving, Strolling, Transit (the place obtainable) Biking and Trip Sharing (with a third-party app like Uber or Lyft).
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So as to add one other spot, simply faucet Add Cease to seek for one other vacation spot. You’ll be able to reorder the stops by holding on the deal with on the proper and dragging up and down.
What actually annoys me is that there’s not a button to seek for a cease between the 2 locations from this display screen. If I need to seek for a dinner spot alongside the path to Lancaster, I want to start navigation first. Fortunately, it’s straightforward sufficient to do throughout navigation.
Seek for a cease alongside your route
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From navigation, swipe up on the menu on the backside and faucet Add Cease. You’ll be able to seek for particular locations or broad classes like “ironmongery store” or “dinner.” The search outcomes will present you ways far off your path they’re and the way a lot time it’ll add. I’ve seen it by no means exhibits lower than one minute, even when the cease is actually alongside the identical street.
Choose a vacation spot and faucet Add. Your ETA and miles will swap from the ultimate vacation spot to the following cease. To take away any vacation spot from the queue, simply swipe up or faucet on the menu and faucet the crimson circle.
Pause and resume navigation
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Whenever you arrive at a center cease, you’ll have two choices.
Subsequent Cease will instantly resume navigation to the following cease within the checklist; faucet this in the event you’re getting proper again on the street (like in the event you’re choosing any person up or dropping them off).
Pause Route will briefly pause navigation till you’re prepared to depart once more. This can be a nice selection in the event you’re stopping for dinner or making a pit cease — your telephone received’t maintain the navigation display screen up whereas it’s in your pocket at a restaurant. The following time you open Maps, faucet Resume Navigation and it’ll proceed to the following cease within the queue.
General, it is a very good implementation of multi-stop routing. My solely qualm is the search operate works in a different way earlier than and after you begin navigation — as soon as you have already got your last vacation spot up, you possibly can seek for stops alongside that route, however you need to start navigation first.
Extra options in Apple Maps