Why are Find My's maps so old?

[dukee101]

This has been the case for a while, but the Find My maps are looking especially dated now. I live someplace that was built almost 6 years ago and the app still shows it as a dirt lot. Mind you, I live in a large U.S. metro, which would presumably have up-to-date aerial/satellite imagery. What's up with this?

 

[StumpyBloke]

What do the maps look like if you use the normal stock maps app?

 

[dukee101]

What do the maps look like if you use the normal stock maps app?

Good question. They are totally up to date, at every zoom level too. Hence why I ask specifically about Find My's map. Can't figure this out! You'd think they'd just draw from their stock map-set.

 

[fischersd]

Use the feedback app (or website) to let Apple know that they have discontinuity between Apple Maps and the maps in Find My.

 

[StumpyBloke]

Very odd. But not too surprising with Apple of late.

 

[dukee101]

Use the feedback app (or website) to let Apple know that they have discontinuity between Apple Maps and the maps in Find My.

I feel like someone / some team at Apple surely knows about this discontinuity. This shouldn't be news to anyone there. I'm just wondering if it's something I have to do on my end to update the maps or something 🤷‍♂️

 

[dukee101]

Update: when you enable the 'hybrid' map in Find My (satellite + map labels), what's even stranger is that the labels are fully up-to-date, showing places that on the map are just dirt lots or fields of grass. Why is the satellite/aerial imagery so old?

 

[fischersd]

Update: when you enable the 'hybrid' map in Find My (satellite + map labels), what's even stranger is that the labels are fully up-to-date, showing places that on the map are just dirt lots or fields of grass. Why is the satellite/aerial imagery so old?

Because obviously, they've made the conscious choice to have basic maps in the find my app (I really couldn't care two s***s to have something "prettier"). It's been very utilitarian thus far. They could have the expansion to the new maps as part of a big, splashy upgrade to Find My.

...or they could have something completely different in mind.