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Title: DuckDuckGo switches to Apple Maps Post by: HCK on January 18, 2019, 04:05:12 pm DuckDuckGo switches to Apple Maps
<article> <section class="page"> <p>It didn’t make a big splash, but Apple unveiled a new mapping tool last year at WWDC. <a href="https://developer.apple.com/maps/mapkitjs/" rel="nofollow">MapKit JS[/url] is a JavaScript library that anyone can use to put Apple Maps on the web. It’s currently still in beta, but can be used by any registered Apple developer (with a daily limit on how many map views can be called).</p><p>Today, privacy-minded search engine <a href="https://spreadprivacy.com/duckduckgo-apple-mapkit-js/" rel="nofollow">DuckDuckGo announced[/url] that it will use the new MapKit JS tool for all its location-based search results. Previously, the site used OpenStreetMap for its results, with a drop-down box kicking you off to Bing, Google, or Here maps if you asked for directions.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3331949/data-center-cloud/duckduckgo-switches-to-apple-maps.html#jump">To read this article in full, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: DuckDuckGo switches to Apple Maps (https://www.macworld.com/article/3331949/data-center-cloud/duckduckgo-switches-to-apple-maps.html#tk.rss_all) |