Yesterday we saw the launch of Apple Maps public transport guides in a few cities in Spain, France and Germany. This is an important addition to the Apple app, as it marks the launch of is a new version of Apple Maps Europe With this new version, the most popular apple mapping app is greatly improved.
Apple Maps data collection years
Apple Maps has seen the light with iOS 6 about eight years ago After a bizarre agreement in which the company was widely criticized, Apple began to improve the app by purchasing and internal work. In June 2018, Eddy Cue gave a chat on TechCrunch informing the company's efforts:
We wanted to take this (Maps) to the next level. We've been working on trying to create what we believe will be the best mapping app in the world, taking it to the next level. That means building all of our cartographic data from scratch.
From the very beginning, Apple maps depend data collected by TomTom and OpenStreetMap, among other providers. As far as we know, the result was not as expected. As mentioned in the press release, Apple intended to create its own maps from scratch before opening it in 2012.
The new Apple Maps design comes with iOS 12. In the months that followed, the company began collecting and compiling new data on Maps
At the beginning of 2014, Apple realized what it wanted to do next and that it had at that time and made a decision. The way things were done and where they wanted to take them, decide to get to work With a version of it. This is how Apple Maps 2.0 was born.
Apple Maps 2.0: so much more than enhanced data
The features that mark this new version A few maps. Among these are:
- More details on the ground, with lush greenery, trees and sports fields.
- Better road networks, with more pedestrian information.
- Properties with exact dimensions and dimensions.
- Improved location search, with relevant results.
- Privacy is always protected.
- The new function of "Look Around" is to see the places where we move.
This work is what has caused the most publicity. In addition to gathering information on its vehicles, Apple has taken the opportunity to build it kind of Google Street View itself. A quality boat that shows the details around it. And to do it in a very fluid way. Here's a comparison:
The new Apple Maps feeds with potatoes on Google Maps, I've done a quick (and somewhat random) comparison of Look Around vs .. Street View pic.twitter.com/CYFNVCcL6B
– ████████ rus (@ CristianRus4) June 15, 2019
In addition to improving the reliability of its data, the company has been able to improve on other features such as content communication. Certainly, Apple is betting heavily on this version of maps. In the US the scanned from all over the country by the end of 2019. Now, the company has to work to deal with Europe, even though we don't know what the order will be in shipping.
The newly added directions for public transit can give us an idea. France, Germany and Spain Looks like the countries are getting this new data. So, we can see our country on the first European wave of Apple Maps 2.0.
