Greg Vrchoticky

Q: Maps in OSX Mavericks in km?

Why is Maps in Mavericks in the Metric System?

It shows distance in km, how do I switch to Miles?

Mac mini, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.3), 2.3 ghz i7/4 gb of RAM

Posted on Nov 6, 2013 5:06 AM

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  • by Barney-15E,

    Barney-15E Barney-15E Nov 6, 2013 5:09 AM in response to Greg Vrchoticky
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    Nov 6, 2013 5:09 AM in response to Greg Vrchoticky

    You have your regional settings set to use metric.

    Language & Region System Preferences, Advanced button.

  • by Greg Vrchoticky,

    Greg Vrchoticky Greg Vrchoticky Nov 6, 2013 5:20 AM in response to Barney-15E
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    Nov 6, 2013 5:20 AM in response to Barney-15E

    Nope -  that setting is set correctly.....?

  • by Barney-15E,

    Barney-15E Barney-15E Nov 6, 2013 5:32 AM in response to Greg Vrchoticky
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    Nov 6, 2013 5:32 AM in response to Greg Vrchoticky

    I don't know, then. Mine toggles back and forth if I change that setting.

    Maps doesn't maintain its own user settings, so there is nothing to change there.

     

    Toggle the setting in Region and see if it catches on.

  • by Randy_B_ Architect,

    Randy_B_ Architect Randy_B_ Architect Jan 24, 2014 10:29 PM in response to Greg Vrchoticky
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    Jan 24, 2014 10:29 PM in response to Greg Vrchoticky

    Did you get a fix for this? I have the same problem ... leaving maps useless! We need someone who cares as much as Steve Jobs did.

  • by Eric Root,

    Eric Root Eric Root Jan 25, 2014 11:56 AM in response to Randy_B_ Architect
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    Jan 25, 2014 11:56 AM in response to Randy_B_ Architect

    Send Apple feedback. They won't answer, but at least will know there is a problem. If enough people send feedback, it may get the problem solved sooner.


    Feedback

  • by jakob.joergensen,

    jakob.joergensen jakob.joergensen May 19, 2014 2:32 AM in response to Greg Vrchoticky
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    May 19, 2014 2:32 AM in response to Greg Vrchoticky

    If you want to change the system into metric you have to select a region, which uses only metric units.

    Apple are not very good when it comes to the world. Especially the many small nationalities suffer from this attitude. Feel like american culture walking all over you,,

     

    Go to System Preferences / Language & Region / Select a region which definitely uses the metric system. Maps should finally work.

  • by actionmarker,

    actionmarker actionmarker May 19, 2014 2:47 AM in response to jakob.joergensen
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    May 19, 2014 2:47 AM in response to jakob.joergensen

    jakob.joergensen wrote:

     

    If you want to change the system into metric you have to select a region, which uses only metric units.

    Apple are not very good when it comes to the world. Especially the many small nationalities suffer from this attitude. Feel like american culture walking all over you,,

     

    Go to System Preferences / Language & Region / Select a region which definitely uses the metric system. Maps should finally work.

     

    Could you expand on this please?

     

    Setting a region and then the Advanced tab to change the measurement unit, creates a custom region with the measurement unit to the unit selected. (metric or imperial (US)).

  • by @MuDaeBoJongShin,

    @MuDaeBoJongShin @MuDaeBoJongShin May 30, 2014 9:31 AM in response to actionmarker
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    May 30, 2014 9:31 AM in response to actionmarker

    actionmarker wrote:

     

    Could you expand on this please?

     

    Setting a region and then the Advanced tab to change the measurement unit, creates a custom region with the measurement unit to the unit selected. (metric or imperial (US)).

     

    The problem is that it only works in some countries. For example, in the UK then the default setting for "Measurement units" is "Metric" but maps distances are nonetheless displayed in miles. That's an appropriate default for the UK, but it means there's nothing you can do to change maps distances to kilometers.

  • by actionmarker,

    actionmarker actionmarker May 31, 2014 11:33 PM in response to @MuDaeBoJongShin
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    May 31, 2014 11:33 PM in response to @MuDaeBoJongShin

    I see what you mean.

     

    I just played around with the settings, with my region as UK, as soon as I changed the currency to say US dollars, I and am now able to change the measurement units and Maps matches the settting (km or miles)

     

    I beleive that this is a bug and should be reported as such.

    http://www.apple.com/feedback/macosx.html

  • by Digmaster,

    Digmaster Digmaster Aug 24, 2014 3:16 AM in response to actionmarker
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    Aug 24, 2014 3:16 AM in response to actionmarker

    Many thanks for the currency tip actionmarker.

     

    I'm English but live in the Netherlands. I have my system set up as UK English, which uses the metric system except for distances (very bizarre ). When I drive in mainland Europe I like to use KM's and when I'm driving in UK I use miles, it just makes everything a bit easier. I can easily switch between the two units on my iPhone when I'm using Maps for navigation.

     

    Seems rather convoluted in order to plan a trip on my Mac I first need to change the system currency between GBP and Euro. Surely a toggle switch in Maps is more logical. I've sent the feedback, maybe this will change in a future update.

     

    Thanks again for the tips.

  • by Bets,

    Bets Bets Aug 30, 2014 11:16 AM in response to Greg Vrchoticky
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    Aug 30, 2014 11:16 AM in response to Greg Vrchoticky

    I had this problem - thanks for the solution!  I'm in the US, but travel with my computer. Maps was displaying in metric and I wanted miles. Even though my region was set to US. Finally, by switching the measurement setting in Settings/Language-Regions/Advanced to metric and BACK to US, I got the MAPS app to display in miles. Now I know how to switch too!  Works fine on the iPhone. Thanks everyone. We should just all use metric - but that's another discussion.

  • by robsv,

    robsv robsv Sep 1, 2014 10:15 AM in response to Greg Vrchoticky
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    Sep 1, 2014 10:15 AM in response to Greg Vrchoticky

    I also had this problem.  Go to System Preferences, Language and Region, and change region to U.S. English (not just english).  Use the "-" button to remove any other regions.  I had to restart my iMac to make the changes now it shows up in miles. 

  • by Cham82,

    Cham82 Cham82 Nov 18, 2014 3:22 AM in response to robsv
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    Nov 18, 2014 3:22 AM in response to robsv

    I am having a similar problem where my accounting software MYOB has replaced all my £ for $ and the date style is also US not UK.

     

    All my regional settings are correct but I can't find a solution - can anyone help?

     

    Many thanks

    Craig.

  • by KyleKai,

    KyleKai KyleKai Nov 18, 2014 5:09 PM in response to Greg Vrchoticky
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    Nov 18, 2014 5:09 PM in response to Greg Vrchoticky

    Can we assume you have the correct setting under the Maps Views->Distances menu?

     

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