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Google maps appears in blocks

Today I noticed that the Google Maps app on my ipad2 is appearing in blocks as I zoom in or out. Each adjoining block shows a different but unconnected part of a map (bit like a jigsaw puzzle.) I thought it might have been a slow server, but a speed check of my wifi showed speeds in excess of 25Mbps so it wasn't that. If you zoom in closely, the blocks disappear, but it very annoying when you zoom out to see up to 50 square blocks onnthe screen. Any suggestions?


iPad 2, iOS 5

Posted on Nov 4, 2011 1:52 PM

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Nov 4, 2011 6:31 PM in response to TimofeyK

Exact same thing is happening to me..i noticed it last night on my ipad 1 ..its like jumbled up blocks everywhere..

Worse when I try to zoom in.

Took out my old ipod touch booted that up and its doing the same thing as well..

And if you guys are having the same problem does seem indeed to be from Googles end then.

Lets hope they fix it up quick.

Nov 4, 2011 8:53 PM in response to TimofeyK

I didnt even notices the house numbering had gone missing from google maps..hmm..thats no good.

Well i dont think ios 5 has caused this problem..as my older ipod touch is still running on 4.2 or 4.3 i think..and thats stuffed as well now for the maps..


First i updated to ios 5 and now have a massive battery drain problem on my ipad and then maps goes and stuffs up..

i was thinking of purchasing the new iphone 4s within a few weeks..but with having these problems now..i might wait and see if these issues get corrected first.

Nov 5, 2011 12:44 AM in response to aejmnstx

ok im not sure if the error has been corrected or i fixed it.lol..

ok here is what i just did..and it seems to be working fine on Hybrid now.

Went into maps and hit the find my location arrow..it homed into my position..then i just started zooming out all the way like until u could see the whole world map. again i hit the find my location arrow..and once after that i found zoom in to work 100%. no jumbled up boxes..lol

like i said im not sure if Google fixed the problem at the same time i was playing around with it.if not i hope these steps fixes the problems as it did on mine.

Nov 5, 2011 1:36 PM in response to cpwhk

Yes, I'm back to not happy again. Wasn't working again this morning and Chris' solution didin't work. Antarctica now in Africa. Starting to look like Gondwanaland. Problem only stated for me a couple of days ago. I had been on iOS 5 for about a week before that with no problems. There's no problem with Google Maps on their website, just in the app. Who knows, but I wish they would fix it. Do they watch these forums?

Nov 5, 2011 4:56 PM in response to roddlez

Mine to has played up again :(

I was away all afternoon yesterday so didn't get a chance to keep testing maps ..but yeh this morning when I opened up maps again it was all scrambled onece i tried to zoom in.

I'm guessing yesterday morning must have just been a coincidence then when I was playing around with the settings and thought it fixed the problem. I don't get it how it was working for a bit yesterday and now again it's back to the erros..weird..

Lets just hope they fix up this issue real quick now.

Google maps appears in blocks

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