Apple Maps on the web launches in beta

Apple Maps on the web is available in public beta, allowing users around the world to access Maps directly from their browser.

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I thought this was already a thing. DuckDuckGo has been using Apple Maps for a while
I am confused as well…
i opened it in safari for iphone and it told me my browser isn’t supported 😅

I guess I understand wanting to focus on other platforms since every device with safari also has a maps app, but the website is supposed to work on an iPad?

They should’ve at least put a redirect to the native version instead of the browser unsupported message.

They should’ve at least put a redirect to the native version instead of the browser unsupported message.

They did.

Oops, didn’t work for me I guess

Changing the scaling makes it work

50% scaling, works fine

100% scaling, doesn’t work

I tried to get it to work in Firefox by changing the user agent but it only works if you make the window small enough (???). Even trying to hack patch their stupid redirect away with the userscript below leaves the map empty if you resize above a certain size so there’s probably actually something they’re doing that doesn’t work.

Userscript

javascript // ==UserScript== // @name New script apple.com // @namespace Violentmonkey Scripts // @match https://beta.maps.apple.com/* // @grant none // @version 1.0 // @author - // @description 2024-07-25, 15:04:37 // ==/UserScript== (() => { const realSetTimeout = window.setTimeout; window.setTimeout = (f, t) => { const err = Error(); if (err.stack.includes(“mapNodeDidFail”)) { console.log(f, t, err); return; } realSetTimeout(f, t); }; })();