Wednesday 26 August 2020

Instead of offline view, Apple Maps copies Google Maps' user rating for places in iOS 14

After the whole detail fiasco, the gang from Cupertino set out to replace the TomTom database it was using with homebrew mapping acquired by good ol' driving around, combined with satellite images. A bunch of years later, the effort has already born fruit in the form of the with details that even Google Maps doesn't have at places.

Unfortunately, those places are limited, like California and the Bay Area in particular, for example, and Google is still way ahead in honing its cartography algorithms and land area coverage in the US and abroad. 

Apple, for instance, ...

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