Apple Maps shows empty grid: solved!
I had this problem for quite sometime: everytime I launched Apple Maps I had an empty grid
To see maps I had to restart my computer.
After a lot of reading I found the right and quick solution
Open Activity Monitor ( located in Applications-Utilities)
Search an activity called "geod"
You fill find com.apple.geod, highlight it selecting it
Quit or force quit the pesky thing
Launch Maps and you will see everything you need to see!
I'm using El Capitan but I already had this issue since Mavericks.
Just wanted to share it
MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X El Capitan (10.11.6), null