- Apple Maps now supports full -route coverage throughout the United Kingdom and Ireland
- Instead of the characteristic previously focused on London, you can plan a bicycle trip anywhere
- Here are a lot of useful characteristics that include marking steep hills, poor road surfaces and more
Apple Maps has just improved for cyclists thanks to the introduction of full bicycle navigation support throughout the United Kingdom and Ireland.
While the application could have admitted instructions for bicycles in the United Kingdom for some time, for more than four years, in fact, so far, this navigation feature has not been impressive in terms of the covered areas (basically it was focused on London ).
That changes a lot, and as reported by 9to5Mac, the enthusiastic cyclists with Apple maps can now plan full trips throughout the United Kingdom (although several stages routes should not be taken into account).
These instructions include important information to meet cyclists, such as where very steep slopes could be present, and in fact hills that require walking through the bicycle, or other parts of a route where it is possible to go to the pavement.
You can choose to avoid such steep hills, and also on occupied roads that Apple maps can avoid for your route (in addition to letting you know where you are available for dedicated bicycles).
The roads that do not have an adequate surface are also marked, in case you do not like what could be a trip full of potholes (or that destroy). Any route will come with an estimated time of arrival, along with the distance and elevation information.
A welcome movement, if he was an expected
While this is clearly a welcome movement for cyclists in the United Kingdom and Ireland, there are people who have raised their eyebrows why he took Apple for so long to incorporate complete directions for the United Kingdom. As mentioned, several years have passed in which the coverage has been quite thin on the ground.
In addition to that, there are also people who have leveled criticism in the routing of Apple Maps in terms of sending bicycle cyclists by inappropriately occupied roads, although perhaps this update also helps on that front.
The fingers crossed that those who have complained about the navigation application missing in this regard find an improvement with this important review for cyclists.
