How to Use the Flyover Feature in the Apple Maps App

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How to Use the Flyover Feature in the Apple Maps App

Use the beautiful flyover feature in Apple Maps

Kanwar G Singh

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Locate the 'Apple Maps' on your iOS 6 device and open it

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It will show you the present location. Click on the 'search' box

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Type the name of the city you'd like to explore. Please note Flyover feature is not available for all the cities. I searched for New York City

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Click on the search button after entering the name of the city

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It will take you to a page like this

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Now click on the bottom right corner

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The default view will be 'Standard'

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Click the Satellite button to change the view to 'Satellite'

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After you have chosen the 'Satellite' view click on the map

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This is how Satellite view would look like

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Please note the '3D' button it will change to little building button where Flyover is available. Zoom to make that happen

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Once you see the little building button click on it

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It will turn blue and now you are flying over. Just zoom to enjoy.

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Flyover looks beautiful, doesn't it?

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Now as Apple Maps is 'Vectored' you can use two fingers to pan, zoom & rotate

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You can view any building from all angles

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Beautiful!

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Zoom more to view swimming pools & you can almost see inside the windows

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Note the 'compass' on the top right will appear anytime you don't have North up

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Click on it and North will be where it's supposed to be

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Click again on the little building button again to go back to Satellite view

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Go back to 'Standard' view when you're done! ENJOY!

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Kanwar G Singh

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Kanwar G Singh (author) 7 months ago

This has merit!

Kathleen Schwenk 7 months ago

Yeah it only works on the 5th gen iPod touch

Kanwar G Singh (author) 7 months ago

No, I have the fourth generation iPod touch, and there is not an option for Flyover. This is probably because its processors aren't capable.

Miss Apple 7 months ago

Dose it work on iPod touch 4th generation iOS 6

Abdulhaleem Mohammed 7 months ago

Google powered is better, they've been doing it for years. Apple thinks they've become experts in 6 months

Nate Emi 8 months ago

@Janice Wells: it should work on your iPad 2 if you have upgraded it to iOS 6. Though flyover view looks beautiful I agree with Alyson that Street view is probably a better option to find someone's place. Unless of course they have really high boundary walls and you wanna see the garden, swimming pool and stuff, then you are better off with Flyover

Kanwar G Singh (author) 8 months ago

Sorry guys here is the list of devices on which you can view Flyover in Apple Maps: iPhone 5, iPhone 4S, New iPad (2012), iPad 2, iPod Touch (5th generation)

Kanwar G Singh (author) 8 months ago

You can still do street view, I personally don't find flyover necessary.

Alyson Hames 8 months ago

So, it doesn't work on the iPad 2? I have a brother who lives in Sydney Australia. I wanted to try to find his place.

Janice Wells 8 months ago

Its a good app but to be honest, I really miss Google Maps with street view - it really helped with my job. As I understand it, Google are working on an app which hopefully should be coming soon. And yes, it doesn't work for the iPhone 4 and older.

Ugly Betty 8 months ago

...and the iPad 3 and iPod touch 5 (when it comes out later this month).

Miss Apple 8 months ago

Just to clarify, this does not work for iPhone 4. Only iPhone 4S and 5.

Alyson Hames 8 months ago

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