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History of Apple Maps

When you think of a piece of mapping software, what comes to mind? Maybe advanced, high resolution satellite imagery? Or detailed transportation time calculating algorithms? Well whatever comes to ...
Apple Maps has long been considered a potential Google Maps killer, and the detailed city experience was supposed to push the application closer to this ambitious objective. However, the rollout of ...
The next major iPhone update, due in the fall, will help expand Apple Maps deeper into the Waze territory, with Apple adding new incident reporting options within the app. Apple Maps has long been ...
Apple Maps has come a long way from being a disaster to becoming a somewhat useful service. While I usually prefer it over Google Maps, I understand there are still challenges when choosing between ...
Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. When Apple updates its iPhone operating system, it also updates many ...
You may have seen Apple Maps survey cars in your area before. As they drive around, the cars take photos and 3D scans to generate ground truth data that can be used to improve map accuracy and offer ...
Google Maps has been around for nearly two decades and is the most popular navigation app. Waze is more community-centric while Apple Maps has a loyal user base of iPhone owners. Each navigation app ...
Apple in June introduced a beta version of Apple Maps on the web, allowing users of other platforms such as Windows PCs to access its map service directly from a web browser. Although the beta was ...
This week Apple brought Apple Maps to the web in beta, bringing it one step closer to parity with Google Maps, which has long been available via web browsers. Of course, iPhone owners will still turn ...