How do I see UK motorway junction numbers on Apple Maps?

I live in the UK, i make music on my iPad M1, which is ironic as a device name, because apparently, ‘find me’ doesn’t show junction numbers on…the M1 motorway haha.


Anyone got a slick way to make this happen, or to be able to jump into an app that can do this fundamental cartographic element, from the Apple ‘find me’ app?


I have spent £3,000 in UK money on ‘mobile’ Apple products, I am a little surprised if junction numbers cannot be accomplished in this app?


Wanted to offer help to daughter lost around Manchester, on the M60, bewildered it seems ‘find me’ can’t help in this? Even if i could just ‘long tap’ and get the option to extract coordinates that then mean something to another mapping app, be some use.


Any answers welcome. Take care all.

Posted on Oct 26, 2024 3:22 AM

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Oct 26, 2024 4:38 AM in response to sleekitwan

Apple Maps will show the route badge on a main motorway or a short distance from of a large roundabout, or in the absence of a route badge, you may see the name of the road in all capitals superimposed on the road. In some cases, you will see the large capital road name and the boxed route number badge a short distance apart.


I say that because I am currently looking at a large complicated roundabout in Telford Shrops (which I have navigated in the distant past). Five roads are converging on that roundabout. Only one has a route badge and the others have a capital road name.


Your daughter should have been able to enter her current location in Apple Maps and the destination address and Apple Maps would have provided turn-by-turn, spoken directions to that desired destination. The role of Find My is to locate a device, not its GPS coordinates or routing information. There is a ⓘ symbol on a located device and when you click that, one of the options is directions. I haven't tested this.

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