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Title: The new Apple Maps expands to the West and parts of the Midwest Post by: HCK on November 21, 2019, 04:05:13 pm The new Apple Maps expands to the West and parts of the Midwest
<article> <section class="page"> <p>In the summer of 2018, Apple announced a dramatic overhaul of its mapping data. Not necessarily the Maps app (though that got a lot of new features in iOS 13 (https://www.macworld.com/article/3403378/whats-new-in-apple-maps-in-ios-13.html)), but the underlying data detailing the geography and locations of the world.</p><p>The new maps are comprised of brand new data obtained by Apple itself, rather than a mashup of different third-party data sources. It’s not only much more detailed and accurate, it’s far faster and easier for Apple to update, providing a much better foundation for the future. The new maps rolled out first in northern California, with promises to add more area, region by region, until the entire U.S. was covered by the end of 2019 (after which Apple would start rolling out updated maps through the rest of the world).</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3454618/the-new-apple-maps-expands-to-the-west-and-parts-of-the-midwest.html#jump">To read this article in full, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: The new Apple Maps expands to the West and parts of the Midwest (https://www.macworld.com/article/3454618/the-new-apple-maps-expands-to-the-west-and-parts-of-the-midwest.html#tk.rss_all) |