# \[Solved\] Map rotation and pitch **URL:** \ **Category:** Issues / Bugs\ **Tags:** map\ **Created:** [February 13, 2023, 8:00pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-map-rotation-and-pitch/2275395 "2023-02-13T20:00:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ryan\_hall\_apps](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f6c823/32.png) [@ryan\_hall\_apps](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ryan_hall_apps)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 8:00pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-map-rotation-and-pitch/2275395/1 "2023-02-13T20:00:04Z")
I am using the maps component and when I rotate or pitch the map with my finger it goes back to the original view (always faces north and flat). Is there a way to solve this? I am using an apple phone and using thunkable live app to test. ---
**Author:** ![ryan\_hall\_apps](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f6c823/32.png) [@ryan\_hall\_apps](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ryan_hall_apps)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2023, 5:40pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-map-rotation-and-pitch/2275395/2 "2023-02-15T17:40:29Z")
@domhnallohanlon maybe you can give some insight on this one for me? ---
**Author:** ![matt\_conroy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/matt_conroy/32/150843_2.png) [@matt\_conroy](https://community.thunkable.com/u/matt_conroy)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2023, 6:13pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-map-rotation-and-pitch/2275395/3 "2023-02-15T18:13:20Z")
Hi @ryan_hall_apps, Would you be able to share how you are opening your map? I am wondering if you are using a when block that updates when the screen _starts_ as opposed to _opens_? If you change the orientation of your device and are using _starts_ with your screen block, it will reset. This can be remedied by changing the the block to _opens_ and then placing all of the blocks for how you would like to orient and display your map. They will not change once you go back to landscape, or vise-versa. ![Screenshot 2023-02-15 at 1.10.24 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/1/3/13adf99d94a97e9331f95de1231e58958215e5aa.png) ---
**Author:** ![ryan\_hall\_apps](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f6c823/32.png) [@ryan\_hall\_apps](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ryan_hall_apps)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2023, 7:02pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-map-rotation-and-pitch/2275395/4 "2023-02-15T19:02:02Z")
![Screenshot 2023-02-15 125830](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/5/2/524c306020829d85ac60a8cdb3ea891c03a899e8.png) Attached is how I have my blocks set up. I tried your way but the map functions don’t work properly as the map is not loaded. My screen orientation is portrait and that never changes. When I rotate my fingers on the screen to rotate the map (to face south for example), the map will rotate but it will go back to facing north when I lift my fingers. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_conroy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/matt_conroy/32/150843_2.png) [@matt\_conroy](https://community.thunkable.com/u/matt_conroy)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2023, 8:38pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-map-rotation-and-pitch/2275395/5 "2023-02-15T20:38:40Z")
My apologies, I misunderstood what you meant by rotating–I thought you meant the screen itself. So this is a known property of the map function currently. We unfortunately do not currently have a block or setting in the component itself that would keep it from rotating back to north facing after a user has completed their gesture on the map. ---
**Author:** ![ryan\_hall\_apps](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f6c823/32.png) [@ryan\_hall\_apps](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ryan_hall_apps)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2023, 9:12pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-map-rotation-and-pitch/2275395/6 "2023-02-15T21:12:13Z")
Ok, thank you for answering! ---
**Author:** ![ioannis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/ioannis/32/146956_2.png) [@ioannis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ioannis)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 1:37pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-map-rotation-and-pitch/2275395/7 "2024-11-08T13:37:05Z")