AppleInsider Staff
Apple on Tuesday updated its Maps Flyover availability webpage to reflect the addition of 21 cities including multiple destinations in France and a handful of sites in Mexico, among others.
The additions come as part of an ongoing project to build out Apple's mapping service, which boasts 3D Flyover views as a standout feature in comparison to competing offerings like Google Maps.
- Aarhus, Denmark
- Bobbio, Italy
- Budapest, Hungary
- Cádiz, Spain
- Chenonceaux, France
- Dijon, France
- Ensenada, Mexico
- Gothenburg, Sweden
- Graz, Austria
- Loreto, Mexico
- Malmö, Sweden
- Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
- Millau, France
- Nice, France
- Omaha Beach
- Rapid City, SD
- Rotterdam, Netherlands
- Sapporo, Japan
- Strasbourg, France
- Turin, Italy
For its Flyover technology, Apple merges high-resolution aerial imagery with three-dimensional digital modeling to provide users with 3D visualizations of structures, landmarks and other points of interest. The view is also incorporated into Flyover city tours, which are available for highly trafficked locales and tourist destinations.
Aside from Flyover, Apple is slowly introducing new features to its in-house mapping solution, one of the more recent highlights being transit directions in iOS 9. In February, Apple revealed a ground-based initiative that uses vans to collect what appears to be image and positioning data, hinting at a potential Google Street View competitor.
Apple last updated Flyover in June with the addition of seven cities in Spain, Germany, UK and Puerto Rico.
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Cue the pointless flyover sucks comments.
How about Ferguson?
I wonder if they're going roughly on size or what. how long will it take to get to the cities With populations of 100,000?
I would just like to get a satellite image of my house that wasn't covered in clouds.
[quote name="cornchip" url="/t/187680/apple-expands-maps-flyover-coverage-to-20-cities-in-europe-japan-and-more#post_2759718"]I wonder if they're going roughly on size or what. how long will it take to get to the cities With populations of 100,000?[/quote] More like how long will it STILL take them to get to the cities with populations of 1,000,000+ like Amsterdam, Netherlands, Brussels, Belgium, Prague, Czech Republic, Vienna, Austria, Philadelphia, PA and other big cities like D.C., Los Angeles, CA, San Diego, CA, Miami, FL, Orlando, FL, Dallas, TX, Houston, TX,... I mean how many more people are likely to check out LA, DC or Miami than Somewhere, Puerto Rico?!