Mercury Intermedia dived into Apple Maps iconography to give us a history of it, and how it has changed over the years with each iOS update.
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Apple Indoor Survey App Redesigned and Improved
Apple’s Indoor Survey app helps businesses add Apple’s Indoor Positioning in their stores. It’s been recently updated and redesigned.
Apple Maps Continues to Gain Detailed Terrain Data
MacRumors writes:
As part of its ongoing effort to rebuild Apple Maps, Apple has added detailed terrain features to the U.S. states Arizona and New Mexico as well as the southern portion of Nevada, including the city of Las Vegas.
Previously, Apple published more detailed map data in northern, then southern California as well as Hawaii. The effort has been ongoing since 2015.
Ready? Google Planning Ads in Maps - Think $$
Bloomberg’s Gerrit De Vynck writes:
Service was mostly ad-free for years. That’s changing now.
Company looks beyond ‘utility’ navigation for new ad revenue.
He concludes:
Suddenly charging for something free — or slipping ads into formerly uncluttered services — are rare and risky steps for Google. But parent Alphabet Inc. has shareholders to please and revenue growth targets to hit. Maps is the next, big service the company is leaning on to achieve those goals.
Thank goodness for Apple Maps.
iOS 12.2: What Does AQI in Apple Maps Mean?
Yesterday Andrew discovered something new in iOS: AQI in Apple Maps. It’s a new feature that came with iOS 12.2. Here’s what it means.
Russia Wants Apple Maps to Show Crimea as Russian Territory
The Russian State Duma is asking why Sevastopol, the largest city in Crimea, is displayed on Apple Maps as being part of Ukrainian territory.
Apple Redesigns Maps Image Collection Page
Apple has redesigned the Apple Maps image collection page featuring a list of locations the company will survey in the future.
Apple Maps Transit and Indoor Maps Expands
Transit directions and indoor maps for Apple Maps have widely expanded to more states.
Apple Maps Transit Expands in Europe
Apple Maps transit directions are expanding to Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Finland. This is the biggest combined update so far.
DuckDuckGo to Use Apple Maps for Private Search
Private search provider DuckDuckGo announced it will use Apple Maps to power location-based searches.
Apple Maps in India Finally Gets Turn-by-Turn Navigation
Turn-by-turn navigation on Apple Maps finally made it to India this week, as did the ability to order an Uber from within the app.
New Indoor Mall Maps, Flyover Locations for Apple Maps
It’s possible this happened a while ago, but Apple updated its Feature Availability page with the information.
Waze Throws Shade at Apple by Celebrating Tim Cook Day
Waze attributes much of its success to Apple, because of the Apple Maps debacle back in 2012, and celebrates an annual Tim Cook day.
Apple Maps Conducting Pedestrain Level Surveys
Apple Maps is collecting pedestrian level data in California. On Friday, a man wearing a Lidar rig, GPS and multiple cameras as well as an Apple Maps backpack, was spotted in San Francisco, according to MacRumors. On its website, Apple said [via AppleInsider] that Pedestrian teams will be in a number of California counties. While cars conducting mapping are not such a rare site spotted in Los Angeles earlier in the week, but as MacRumors noted: “This is the first time we’ve seen someone collecting mapping data on foot.”
Apple Ads in App Store, News, Worth Billions
Apple’s Search Ad business (App Store) alone could be worth US$2 billion by 2020.
Siri Database Lists Oddly-Named Small Businesses
It’s easy to ask Siri for directions to Trader Joe’s, Starbucks, and other big businesses. But what about small businesses?
Apple Maps Revamp - TMO Daily Observations 2018-06-29
John Martellaro and Dave Hamilton join Jeff Gamet to share their thoughts on the major revamp coming to Apple Maps in iOS 12.
New York Transit Support Was Just Added to Apple Maps
Apple’s list of cities hasn’t been updated with Buffalo yet, so it appears that it will be gradually rolling out.
Apple Maps Now Embeddable on the Web With MapKit JS Beta
Apple is expanding the use of Apple Maps on the web with the release of the MapKit JS API to developers. With access to this API, developers can embed interactive Apple Maps directly into their websites and web applications.
Apple Maps Adds Transit Directions for West Virginia
Apple Maps added support for transit directions in West Virginia this week, as first noted by AppleInsider. The directions included below are transit directions within the city of Charleston, WV. Support for this area isn’t listed on the Apple Maps feature list, yet, but they are live now. Our screenshot was taken early evening, Monday.
iOS: Use Predictive Text to Share Your Location
Sharing your location with other people is the subject of today’s Quick Tip! While there are approximately a million ways to do so through iOS, you can actually use predictive text to pass along your location, so we’re going to tell you what magic words you’ll need to try it out.
Apple Adds Public Transport Directions for Queensland and Western Australia
This incudes Brisbane, the Gold Coast, and surrounding suburbs in Queensland, and the greater Perth are in Western Australia.
Get Ready For Augmented Reality Maps in iOS 11
One video shows how AR can point out major landmarks in your area, while the other video gives an example of how people will be able to navigate by following lines.
Apple Building 2nd Data Center in Denmark, Will Be Powered by Renewable Energy
Apple is building its second data center in Denmark, according to Reuters, citing Apple itself as the source. Like Apple’s other data centers, this one will also be powered entirely by renewable energy. Apple has committed to having 100% of its global operations powered by renewable energy. This data center will be located in Aabenraa, a town in southern Denmark near the German border, and Apple plans to open it in the second quarter of 2019. It will drive the company’s iTunes Store, App Store, iMessage, Maps, and Siri in Europe.