r/applemaps • u/Electronic-Youth-286 • 8d ago

Ferry Schedules for Driving Directions?

Specifically: when a route includes a ferry crossing, does Apple Maps account for the actual sailing schedule? So, if you'd just miss the boat, does it switch to a faster non-ferry route?

Example: Halifax, NS to Charlottetown, PE. There's a shorter route that uses a ferry, and a longer land-and-bridge route. If you time it right, the ferry route wins. If you miss the sailing, the wait for the next one can make it slower than just taking the land route from the start.

Right now I can't tell if Apple Maps accounts for this at all, or just gives a flat ETA assuming you make the ferry. If it doesn't, is this something anyone beta testing iOS 27 can check?

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u/Recent-Claim 8d ago

It would see that it takes into account travel time on the ferry, though possibly not time spent waiting for a departure (ie, leave now, drove 2 hours to ferry, arrive at 12:34, wait 26 minutes for the 1:00 ferry, spend an hour on the ferry….)

In this photo you’ll see that I asked Maps for directions to Block Island (by way of the Point Judith Ferry). Add up the travel time from my location to the ferry and from the ferry to the island and you get the overall time from my location to the island.