Does Canvas App support real-time navigation feature in Maps control

In a use case, from a canvas application, we want to track live location of the drivers who are doing delivery of various commodities.

Based on my findings and inputs from various places, here is the information:

  1. The Map control does NOT support real-time navigation inline.
  2. We can add a deeplink to your devices mapping app. The deeplink format depends on exactly what we want to perform.
  3. We can make the deeplink show up in a data card associated with a map pin or live elsewhere on the screen. Also, on a button click (onSelect), launch the deeplink.
  4. Map control supports showing routes as it is built on Azure Maps, so we could do something like recalculating a route from your current location to your destination, but that won’t be the same as the real-time navigation.

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