Apple’s data map collection efforts haver expanded from the Bay Area and gone to the east coast and to the southwest. As noted on the company’s Apple Maps vehicles webpage, Apple is continuing its Apple Maps data collection in New England with camera and sensor-equipped vans for the first time. The expansion to Connecticut marks […]
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If you were wondering what that minivan with photo gear attached to its roof was doing driving down the street, it’s probably one of Apple’s. In an effort to gather data for its iOS Maps app, a fleet of mysterious vans has appears and begun taking pictures of business storefronts to replace Yelp photos to […]
Apple’s apparently adding to its list of information providers for its Maps application. Although the company continues to have TomTom at the top of its list of data providers, additional contributors cited on the acknowledgement page include, E-WEGO SARL, NavAds BV, and Yellow Pages Turkey. The new data sources are likely noticeable in regions around […]
It’s been two years since Apple Maps first launched. You may have mixed feelings about it, but the general consensus is that it’s gotten better over time. Per 9to5Mac and Apple Maps Marketing, Apple has continued its recent efforts to improve its mapping service by partnering with several new data providers, according to Apple Maps […]
It’s not you…it’s me. Per Macworld, digital maps provider TomTom announced on Tuesday it has signed a global agreement with Apple for maps and related information. Apple announced Monday at its World Wide Developers Conference that an upcoming version of its iOS mobile operating system will feature a rebuilt maps app with Apple-designed cartography, turn-by-turn […]