![]() “ Apple’s New Map Data-Additional ‘Before & After’ Screenshots” The world needs a high quality, privacy-focused mapping platform more than ever, and I very much want to see Apple succeed in this space. ↩︎ġ6 Even though I’m questioning whether Apple is making the “right” map, I’m very excited that Apple is building its own map. In many areas, Apple Maps’s roads are now harder to see than before. ↩︎ĥ All of this new detail is not without cost. But after four years, Apple has only added buildings in 64% of California and 9% of Nevada. ↩︎Ĥ Consider that just two years after it started adding algorithmically extracted buildings to its map, Google had already added the majority of the U.S.’s buildings. ![]() ![]() A map that feels more like the real world you’re actually traveling through. ↩︎ģ These building height regressions are surprising because they contradict TechCrunch’s claim that Apple’s buildings are now “ more accurate”: Better road networks, more pedestrian information, sports areas like baseball diamonds and basketball courts, more land cover, including grass and trees, represented on the map, as well as buildings, building shapes and sizes that are more accurate. ↩︎Ģ As recently as 2016, these two buildings were San Francisco’s second and third tallest. And all screenshots of Apple’s new map were taken between Septemand September 24, 2018.īy the time you read this, Apple’s map may have changed. Unless otherwise noted, all screenshots of Apple’s old map were taken between Septemand September 17, 2018. And this is a problem for Apple because AR is all about labels- but Apple’s new map is all about shapes.ġ Apple’s new map was released to the public on Septemas part of iOS 12. Unless they’re already listed on Yelp, none of the shapes Apple has added appear in its search results or are labeled on its map.
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