diff --git a/example/bare/src/screens/DetailScreen.tsx b/example/bare/src/screens/DetailScreen.tsx
index 87bf71c..c8a7e29 100644
--- a/example/bare/src/screens/DetailScreen.tsx
+++ b/example/bare/src/screens/DetailScreen.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import type { NativeStackScreenProps } from '@react-navigation/native-stack';
+import { useSafeAreaInsets } from 'react-native-safe-area-context';
 import { MarkerDetailScreen } from '@lugg/shared-example';
 
 import type { RootStackParamList } from '../App';
@@ -6,5 +7,7 @@ import type { RootStackParamList } from '../App';
 type Props = NativeStackScreenProps<RootStackParamList, 'Detail'>;
 
 export function DetailScreen({ route }: Props) {
-  return <MarkerDetailScreen name={route.params.name} />;
+  const { bottom } = useSafeAreaInsets();
+
+  return <MarkerDetailScreen name={route.params.name} bottomInset={bottom} />;
 }
diff --git a/example/expo/app/detail.tsx b/example/expo/app/detail.tsx
index f4a3835..201acaf 100644
--- a/example/expo/app/detail.tsx
+++ b/example/expo/app/detail.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 import { useLocalSearchParams } from 'expo-router';
+import { useSafeAreaInsets } from 'react-native-safe-area-context';
 import { MarkerDetailScreen } from '@lugg/shared-example';
 
 export default function DetailScreen() {
   const { name } = useLocalSearchParams<{ name: string }>();
-  return <MarkerDetailScreen name={name ?? ''} />;
+  const { bottom } = useSafeAreaInsets();
+
+  return <MarkerDetailScreen name={name ?? ''} bottomInset={bottom} />;
 }
diff --git a/example/shared/src/screens/MarkerDetailScreen.tsx b/example/shared/src/screens/MarkerDetailScreen.tsx
index a7840d4..7ec07fa 100644
--- a/example/shared/src/screens/MarkerDetailScreen.tsx
+++ b/example/shared/src/screens/MarkerDetailScreen.tsx
@@ -16,14 +16,17 @@ import {
 
 interface MarkerDetailScreenProps {
   name: string;
+  bottomInset?: number;
 }
 
 const CARD_HEIGHT = 200;
-const CARD_BOTTOM = sizes.xl * 3;
 
 const formatCoordinate = (value: number) => value.toFixed(4);
 
-export const MarkerDetailScreen = ({ name }: MarkerDetailScreenProps) => {
+export const MarkerDetailScreen = ({
+  name,
+  bottomInset = 0,
+}: MarkerDetailScreenProps) => {
   const { colors } = useTheme();
   const { width, height } = useWindowDimensions();
   const apiKey = process.env.GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY;
@@ -31,6 +34,14 @@ export const MarkerDetailScreen = ({ name }: MarkerDetailScreenProps) => {
     Platform.OS === 'ios' ? 'apple' : 'google'
   );
 
+  const cardBottom = bottomInset + sizes.lg;
+  const edgeInsets = {
+    top: 0,
+    left: 0,
+    right: 0,
+    bottom: cardBottom + CARD_HEIGHT,
+  };
+
   const marker = INITIAL_MARKERS.find((m) => m.name === name);
   const place = PLACES.find((p) => p.name === name);
 
@@ -42,8 +53,9 @@ export const MarkerDetailScreen = ({ name }: MarkerDetailScreenProps) => {
     ? fittedCamera(
         placeCoordinates(place),
         provider,
-        { width, height: height - CARD_BOTTOM - CARD_HEIGHT },
-        sizes.xl
+        { width, height },
+        sizes.xl,
+        edgeInsets
       )
     : { coordinate, zoom: 15 };
 
@@ -58,12 +70,7 @@ export const MarkerDetailScreen = ({ name }: MarkerDetailScreenProps) => {
           staticKey={name}
           initialCoordinate={camera.coordinate}
           initialZoom={camera.zoom}
-          edgeInsets={{
-            top: 0,
-            left: 0,
-            right: 0,
-            bottom: CARD_BOTTOM + CARD_HEIGHT,
-          }}
+          edgeInsets={edgeInsets}
         >
           {place ? (
             <>
@@ -76,7 +83,10 @@ export const MarkerDetailScreen = ({ name }: MarkerDetailScreenProps) => {
         </MapView>
       </MapProvider>
       <Button
-        style={styles.providerButton}
+        style={{
+          ...styles.providerButton,
+          bottom: edgeInsets.bottom + sizes.lg,
+        }}
         title={provider === 'google' ? 'Apple Maps' : 'Google Maps'}
         disabled={Platform.OS !== 'ios'}
         onPress={() =>
@@ -87,6 +97,7 @@ export const MarkerDetailScreen = ({ name }: MarkerDetailScreenProps) => {
         style={[
           styles.overlay,
           {
+            bottom: cardBottom,
             backgroundColor: colors.backgroundElevated,
             shadowColor: colors.shadow,
           },
@@ -115,13 +126,11 @@ const styles = StyleSheet.create({
   providerButton: {
     position: 'absolute',
     right: sizes.lg,
-    bottom: CARD_BOTTOM + CARD_HEIGHT + sizes.lg,
   },
   overlay: {
     position: 'absolute',
     left: sizes.lg,
     right: sizes.lg,
-    bottom: CARD_BOTTOM,
     height: CARD_HEIGHT,
     padding: sizes.xl,
     gap: sizes.sm,
diff --git a/example/shared/src/screens/StaticMapsScreen.tsx b/example/shared/src/screens/StaticMapsScreen.tsx
index d9fca4a..9a5f799 100644
--- a/example/shared/src/screens/StaticMapsScreen.tsx
+++ b/example/shared/src/screens/StaticMapsScreen.tsx
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import {
   Marker,
   Polyline,
   type Coordinate,
+  type EdgeInsets,
   type MapProviderType,
 } from '@lugg/maps';
 
@@ -157,16 +158,17 @@ const mercatorX = (longitude: number) => (longitude + 180) / 360;
 const mercatorY = (latitude: number) =>
   (1 - Math.asinh(Math.tan((latitude * Math.PI) / 180)) / Math.PI) / 2;
 
-// Camera that fits the coordinates in the given view size, derived up
+// Camera that fits the coordinates in the view's inset viewport, derived up
 // front so static maps center their content without imperative commands.
 // Matches the native static framing: Google shows the world 256 * 2^zoom
-// points wide; Apple fits a square span rect to the view's short side
-// (see LuggStaticFittedMapRect)
+// points wide; Apple fits a square span rect to the full view's short side
+// (see LuggStaticFittedMapRect), and edge insets only shift the center
 export const fittedCamera = (
   coordinates: Coordinate[],
   provider: MapProviderType,
   size: { width: number; height: number },
-  padding: number
+  padding: number,
+  insets: Partial<EdgeInsets> = {}
 ): { coordinate: Coordinate; zoom: number } => {
   const xs = coordinates.map((c) => mercatorX(c.longitude));
   const ys = coordinates.map((c) => mercatorY(c.latitude));
@@ -182,10 +184,15 @@ export const fittedCamera = (
     longitude: ((minX + maxX) / 2) * 360 - 180,
   };
 
-  // World fraction per view point at which the bounds fit the padded view
+  const availWidth =
+    size.width - (insets.left ?? 0) - (insets.right ?? 0) - padding * 2;
+  const availHeight =
+    size.height - (insets.top ?? 0) - (insets.bottom ?? 0) - padding * 2;
+
+  // World fraction per view point at which the bounds fit the padded viewport
   const scale = Math.max(
-    (maxX - minX) / Math.max(size.width - padding * 2, 1),
-    (maxY - minY) / Math.max(size.height - padding * 2, 1)
+    (maxX - minX) / Math.max(availWidth, 1),
+    (maxY - minY) / Math.max(availHeight, 1)
   );
 
   const zoom =
diff --git a/ios/core/AppleStaticMapProvider.mm b/ios/core/AppleStaticMapProvider.mm
index 53bb695..786ca4e 100644
--- a/ios/core/AppleStaticMapProvider.mm
+++ b/ios/core/AppleStaticMapProvider.mm
@@ -185,7 +185,19 @@ - (void)renderInsetBaseMap {
       _poiEnabled, _poiFilterMode, _poiFilterCategories);
   mapView.overrideUserInterfaceStyle =
       [self snapshotTraitCollection].userInterfaceStyle;
-  [mapView setVisibleMapRect:self.mapRect
+  // MKMapView fits the rect into the layout-margin viewport, and mapRect
+  // is already inset-shifted for the whole view: pass its viewport slice so
+  // the fit puts mapRect over the full view, matching the overlay projection
+  MKMapRect mapRect = self.mapRect;
+  CGSize size = self.projectedSize;
+  UIEdgeInsets insets = self.edgeInsets;
+  double scale = mapRect.size.width / size.width;
+  MKMapRect viewportRect =
+      MKMapRectMake(mapRect.origin.x + insets.left * scale,
+                    mapRect.origin.y + insets.top * scale,
+                    (size.width - insets.left - insets.right) * scale,
+                    (size.height - insets.top - insets.bottom) * scale);
+  [mapView setVisibleMapRect:viewportRect
                  edgePadding:UIEdgeInsetsZero
                     animated:NO];
   _warmupMapView = mapView;
diff --git a/skills/maps-usage/references/advanced-patterns.md b/skills/maps-usage/references/advanced-patterns.md
index a9cf26d..04f1c68 100644
--- a/skills/maps-usage/references/advanced-patterns.md
+++ b/skills/maps-usage/references/advanced-patterns.md
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ Carry the camera over by storing the last `onCameraIdle` payload and feeding it
 
 ## Fitted camera for static maps
 
-Static maps can't animate, so compute the camera before mount instead of calling `fitCoordinates` in `onReady`. This mirrors the native static framing (Google: world is `256 · 2^zoom` points wide; Apple fits a square span to the short side):
+Static maps can't animate, so compute the camera before mount instead of calling `fitCoordinates` in `onReady`. This mirrors the native static framing (Google: world is `256 · 2^zoom` points wide; Apple fits a square span to the full view's short side). Pass the same `edgeInsets` you give the `MapView`: the content fits the inset viewport, but the Apple zoom still derives from the full view size because insets only shift the center:
 
 ```ts
 const mercatorX = (lng: number) => (lng + 180) / 360;
@@ -233,7 +233,8 @@ export const fittedCamera = (
   coordinates: Coordinate[],
   provider: MapProviderType,
   size: { width: number; height: number },
-  padding: number
+  padding: number,
+  insets: Partial<EdgeInsets> = {}
 ) => {
   const xs = coordinates.map((c) => mercatorX(c.longitude));
   const ys = coordinates.map((c) => mercatorY(c.latitude));
@@ -243,10 +244,9 @@ export const fittedCamera = (
     latitude: (Math.atan(Math.sinh(Math.PI * (1 - 2 * centerY))) * 180) / Math.PI,
     longitude: ((minX + maxX) / 2) * 360 - 180,
   };
-  const scale = Math.max(
-    (maxX - minX) / Math.max(size.width - padding * 2, 1),
-    (maxY - minY) / Math.max(size.height - padding * 2, 1)
-  );
+  const availWidth = size.width - (insets.left ?? 0) - (insets.right ?? 0) - padding * 2;
+  const availHeight = size.height - (insets.top ?? 0) - (insets.bottom ?? 0) - padding * 2;
+  const scale = Math.max((maxX - minX) / Math.max(availWidth, 1), (maxY - minY) / Math.max(availHeight, 1));
   const zoom =
     provider === 'apple'
       ? 0.5 + Math.log2(1 / (scale * Math.min(size.width, size.height) * Math.cos((coordinate.latitude * Math.PI) / 180)))
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ export const fittedCamera = (
 };
 ```
 
-Use with `initialCoordinate={camera.coordinate} initialZoom={camera.zoom}`. For a single point just pass it with a fixed zoom.
+Use with `initialCoordinate={camera.coordinate} initialZoom={camera.zoom}`. For a single point just pass it with a fixed zoom. For a detail screen with a bottom card, pass the full window size plus `{ bottom: cardHeight }` as `insets` and the same object as the map's `edgeInsets`.
 
 ## Static map list with detail hand-off