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Apple's indoor mapping format adopted as community standard

1 month ago

Apple's indoor mapping format adopted as community standard

Apple's Indoor Mapping Data Format (IMDF) was this week adopted by the Open Geospatial Consortium as a community standard for indoor positioning services.

By Mikey Campbell | 1 month ago

Apple Maps Look Around imaging vehicles spotted in New Zealand, Singapore, Israel

3 months ago

Apple Maps Look Around imaging vehicles spotted in New Zealand, Singapore, Israel

The Look Around feature of Apple Maps may work with more countries in the future, with Apple's vehicles driving around Israel, New Zealand, and Singapore to collect images used to generate the street-level views.

By Malcolm Owen | 3 months ago

Apple Maps expands Look Around to four more US cities

3 months ago

Apple Maps expands Look Around to four more US cities

Apple this week rolled out the Apple Maps Look Around feature in Denver, Detroit, Miami and Fort Lauderdale, giving users a customized street level view of each city.

By AppleInsider Staff | 3 months ago

How to use Guides, Indoor Maps, and Look Around in Maps with macOS Big Sur

4 months ago

How to use Guides, Indoor Maps, and Look Around in Maps with macOS Big Sur

The new Apple Maps experience in macOS Big Sur borrows heavily from what was available in iOS version. Here's how to take advantage of the Look Around, Guides, and Indoor Maps features.

By Malcolm Owen | 4 months ago

Apple Maps trials updated maps for UK and Ireland

7 months ago

Apple Maps trials updated maps for UK and Ireland

Apple has started to test its update for Apple Maps that brings more detailed information to the navigation app, with a small number of users spotting the new map data being used in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

By Malcolm Owen | 7 months ago

Apple Maps could soon integrate curated travel recommendations

1 year ago

Apple Maps could soon integrate curated travel recommendations

A recently posted — and quickly deleted — job listing discovered on Wednesday suggests Apple is working to deliver travel recommendations and other editorial content to Maps, a feature that could rival similar integrations seen in leading mapping services.

By AppleInsider Staff | 1 year ago

Apple spent 'billions' on revamped Maps service

1 year ago

Apple spent 'billions' on revamped Maps service

Apple, in response to questions from a U.S. congressional probe into tech antitrust matters, revealed it has invested billions of dollars in the revamped Maps app and corresponding service, a product designed to compete against segment stalwart Google Maps.

By AppleInsider Staff | 1 year ago

Apple Maps may add AR view highlighting the route ahead while driving

1 year ago

Apple Maps may add AR view highlighting the route ahead while driving

A future version of the Maps app could provide more intuitive navigational instructions to drivers in the future, by using augmented reality to superimpose the route to take on top of a live view of the road ahead, indicating which lanes a driver should take.

By Malcolm Owen | 1 year ago

Live from WWDC - the Mac Pro, Pro Display XDR, iOS 13, macOS Catalina and more on the AppleInsider Podcast

1 year ago

Live from WWDC - the Mac Pro, Pro Display XDR, iOS 13, macOS Catalina and more on the AppleInsider Podcast

This week on the AppleInsider Podcast, Daniel Eran Dilger speaks to us live from WWDC and fills us in on the news plus just what it's like being at this event.

By Victor Marks | 1 year ago

Comparison: Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 versus M1 MacBook Air, MacBook Pro

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All the best cases and covers for the AirPods Pro

Compared: Galaxy Buds Pro versus AirPods Pro

M1 benchmarks prove Apple Silicon outclasses nearly all current Intel Mac chips

iPad Pro, AirTags, and more — What to expect from Apple on April 20

Apple announces April 20 special event - iPad Pro, AirTags expected

How to factory reset an Apple Watch

Review: Sonos Roam brings the Sonos magic to even more places

How to stop AirPods automatically switching between devices

Apple's future AR smart glasses could help you find things in your house

2 years ago

Apple's future AR smart glasses could help you find things in your house

Apple is working on an AR mapping app for an iPhone or smart glasses, with identification of not just distant locations, but also on a smaller scale, like a car dashboard or items in your house.

By Malcolm Owen | 2 years ago

Data advocacy group wants Apple and others to give away mapping data in UK

2 years ago

Data advocacy group wants Apple and others to give away mapping data in UK

Data advocacy group Open Data Institute (ODI) has filed a report with the UK government suggesting large companies like Apple, Google and Uber should be compelled to share their collective mapping data to help smaller companies innovate.

By Andrew O'Hara | 2 years ago

Everything new in iOS 12 beta 6

2 years ago

Everything new in iOS 12 beta 6

Earlier on Monday, Apple released the sixth beta of iOS 12 to developers. We've had our heads down rooting through this latest update to see what has changed in this update.

By Andrew O'Hara | 2 years ago

Apple's Siri, Machine Learning teams now under control of new hire John Giannandrea [u]

2 years ago

Apple's Siri, Machine Learning teams now under control of new hire John Giannandrea [u]

To improve the technologies at the core of Apple's future, the company has merged the Siri and Machine Learning teams into one entity, under the control of recent hire John Giannandrea.

By Mike Wuerthele | 2 years ago

Everything new in iOS 12 beta 3 for iPhone and iPad

2 years ago

Everything new in iOS 12 beta 3 for iPhone and iPad

Apple included a number of changes in the latest beta of iOS 12, the biggest of which include updated mapping data, new animated Activities stickers in Messages and a load of bug fixes.

By Andrew O'Hara | 2 years ago

Apple Maps extends to the web with MapKit JS beta

2 years ago

Apple Maps extends to the web with MapKit JS beta

Apple is expanding what can be done with Apple Maps, announcing at WWDC 2018 that MapKit JS can be used to embed maps within a website, a function that has been offered by its competition for a considerable amount of time.

By Malcolm Owen | 2 years ago

Apple Maps Transit directions go live in Albuquerque, NM

3 years ago

Apple Maps Transit directions go live in Albuquerque, NM

Apple on Wednesday continued its rollout of public transit data with an activation of services in Albuquerque, N.M., allowing Apple Maps users in the area to plan bus trips, find routing information and more.

By AppleInsider Staff | 3 years ago

Apple takes Transit directions live in West Virginia

3 years ago

Apple takes Transit directions live in West Virginia

Continuing an apparent acceleration in the rollout of Apple Maps Transit data, Apple recently activated public transit directions across West Virginia, granting users in major metropolitan areas access to bus, tram and rail information.

By AppleInsider Staff | 3 years ago

Apple Maps activates Transit directions in select areas of Arkansas

3 years ago

Apple Maps activates Transit directions in select areas of Arkansas

Apple recently activated public transit directions in major metropolitan areas of Arkansas, including Little Rock and Jonesboro, further building out the Apple Maps feature for users in the U.S.

By AppleInsider Staff | 3 years ago

Apple Maps expands lane guidance feature Austria, South Africa, and Switzerland

3 years ago

Apple Maps expands lane guidance feature Austria, South Africa, and Switzerland

Apple recently expanded its Apple Maps lane guidance feature to cover Austria, South African and Switzerland, providing users in those countries access to localized onscreen assets designed to keep drivers abreast of upcoming highway or freeway deviations.

By AppleInsider Staff | 3 years ago

Apple Maps activates Transit directions in South Carolina

3 years ago

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