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Title: Yup, Apple's still working on public transit for Apple Maps Post by: HCK on April 23, 2015, 09:00:10 am Yup, Apple's still working on public transit for Apple Maps
<article> <section class="page"> <p> Apple is still working to add public transit data to its Maps app, after the long-rumored feature failed to appear in iOS 8.</p><p> A company job posting, spotted by AppleInsider (http://appleinsider.com/articles/15/04/21/apple-job-listing-confirms-plans-to-bring-public-transit-info-to-its-maps-service), seeks someone with “in-depth knowledge about public transit,” from both technical and rider standpoints. “As a member of the Routing team, you will work on one of the most anticipated features of Apple Maps,” the listing says.</p><p> Public transit information was available on iPhones and iPads until the update to iOS 6 in 2012, when Apple replaced Google’s mapping data with its own. The switch proved embarrassing for Apple, not only because of fewer features, but because the data itself had accuracy problems (http://www.macworld.com/article/2010186/opinion-ios-6-maps-is-great-and-its-not.html).</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2913285/yup-apples-still-working-on-public-transit-for-apple-maps.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: Yup, Apple's still working on public transit for Apple Maps (http://www.macworld.com/article/2913285/yup-apples-still-working-on-public-transit-for-apple-maps.html#tk.rss_all) |