Friends Kingdom: Re: [iPad] Apple Maps app to relaunch with travel directions to take on Google

Re: [iPad] Apple Maps app to relaunch with travel directions to take on Google | Daily Mail Online

Revenue.

Apple used to pay Google a huge amount, 3 billion comes to mind, annually for Google mapping. Oddly, Apple got paid by
Google a similar amount to have Google search as default,.
If Apple gets a reputation for its GPS, that drives Apple hardware sales, conversions from other platforms
If a user perfers to use all the built in apps, that should perceive an easier experience. All in one place, etc

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On Tue, 26/5/15, David Smith david.smith.14916@gmail.com [iPad] <iPad@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Subject: Re: [iPad] Apple Maps app to relaunch with travel directions to take on Google | Daily Mail Online
To: "iPad@yahoogroups.com" <iPad@yahoogroups.com>
Received: Tuesday, 26 May, 2015, 2:23 PM

It seems to me odd that Apple felt
the need to reinvent GPS maps. Other companies already did
it very well. Why waste resources on reinventing the
wheel?

On May 25, 2015, at
10:17 PM, Kris Murray krismurray@gmail.com
[iPad] <iPad@yahoogroups.com>
wrote:

Apple
Maps app to relaunch with travel directions to take on
Google | Daily Mail Online
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3091552/Apple-set-relaunch-Maps-app-travel-directions-Google-developing-robots-map-indoor-spaces.html

Apple
to relaunch Maps app with train and subway directions to
take on Google - and is even developing robots to map indoor
spaces

By

Mark Prigg For Dailymail.com

19:10 21 May 2015, updated 19:45 21 May 2015

New version of app
expected to be unveiled next month in San
FranciscoWill include directions
using public transport for the first timeAlso believed to be
developing robots to map indoor spaces

Apple is planning a major overhaul of its Maps app
in a bid to take on Google.The firm is
set to relaunch the app in iOS 9, according to Mark Gurman
of 9to5Mac,
and is expected to reveal it at a developers conference in
San Francisco next month.It will include
transit directions for the first time, allowing users to
navigate public transport.Scroll down for
video

Apple is expected to add subway, bus and train route
navigation to its Maps app with an update set to be unveiled
next month, according to tech blog 9to5mac.

'Apple now hopes to launch its Transit
service with iOS 9, according to sources,' the site
claims.The new software is expected to be
shown off at Apple's worldwide developers conference
in San Francisco next month.It is expected to include
subway, bus and train route navigation.It would allow
iPhone users to navigate mass transit via the official Apple
Maps application for the first time since Apple removed
Google as iOS's official provider of map
data. In addition to the main functionality, there
is also a trip planning feature for transit, and a new
Transit view alongside the existing Standard, Hybrid, and
Satellite/Flyover views. In the past few years Apple
has acquired a number of firms that produce transportation
apps, including HopStop, Locationary and
Embark. A US patent
application submitted by Apple late last year shows that the
California-based company has also been developing a new
'Commute Assistant' to give up-to-the minute travel
information.
The new service would appear as an app on Apple's
devices to help commuters find the best way to make their
journey by public transport.It wants to produce
a one-stop app that will fulfill all of a users'
commuting needs by providing a rolling list of bus and train
travel times, routes, stops, route changes and
delays.For those with more exotic modes of
transport in mind, the patent even mentions the service
could include boats, airplanes and helicopters.Apple
said it will pull together information from different
transport networks in an area to provide up-to-the second
information to calculate the quickest route.Users
will be able to search for transport options using a map and
their location, or by time, or a particular route.It
proposes using a 'dynamic focus table', which
provides a list of options that are updated as new
information comes in, and changes as commuters move along
their route.

Apple is expected to add subway, bus and train route
navigation to its Maps app with an update set to be unveiled
next month.

9to5Mac says the company has also let loose autonomous
robots with iBeacon sensors, similar in size to iRobot's
Roomba vacuum cleaners, to collect data for its indoor
mapping project.

Apple claims it would be able to use information
provided by transport companies themselves, information
collected by third parties, and even data from sensors
carried on board vehicles.The patent application
said: 'The commute application provides a novel user
interface that presents the routes and the schedules for the
routes in an intuitive and fluid manner.'For
instance, the commute application of some embodiments
includes several user interface widgets for facilitating the
presentation of different routes that are part of different
transit systems in a way that different route alternatives
can be easily viewed. The firm is also
believed to have been making progress on its plans to map
indoor spaces.9to5Mac
says the company has also let loose autonomous robots
with iBeacon sensors, similar in size to iRobot's Roomba
vacuum cleaners, to collect data for its indoor mapping
project. It is also believed the mysterious vans
recently spotted could help both Apple's car project and
add a streetview style view to maps.

Apple's patent shows it has been developing an
entirely new service dedicated to helping commuters. It
wants to produce a one-stop app that will fulfill all of a
users' commuting needs by providing a rolling list of
bus and train travel times, routes, stops, route changes and
delays

Its last update to Maps launched an update to
its 3D flyover map of London, showing the London Eye
rotating and the real time on Big
Ben.Apple also added
several new cities to the flyover feature of its Maps app in
a bid to rival Google.Apple has made a huge effort to
boost the quality of its maps.One of the most
impressive features are the 3D flyovers of major cities, and
today Apple added Edinburgh, Scotland; Linz, Austria;
Venice, Italy; Cáceres, Spain; Rennes, France; Guadalajara,
Mexico and Ponce, Puerto Rico. Also additional US
cities.

'Flyover in Apple Maps lets you see select major
metro areas from the air with photo-realistic, interactive
3D views,' the firm says.'You can explore
cities in high resolution as you zoom, pan, tilt, and rotate
around the city and its landmarks.'Apple has also
taken steps to boost the number of places available, and the
information about them. In October, it launched
launched Maps Connect in the US, enabling businesses to edit
or add listings, as well as set up indoor mapping within
selected areas. Entries made by businesses typically
show up in Apple Maps around a week later.

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APPLE
FLYOVERS The firm has made a huge effort to
boost the quality of its maps.One of the most
impressive features are the 3D flyovers of major cities,
which Apple creates using data from plane and helicopter
flyoversToday Apple added Edinburgh, Scotland; Linz,
Austria; Venice, Italy; Cáceres, Spain; Rennes, France;
Guadalajara, Mexico and Ponce, Puerto Rico. Also additional
US cities. The international rollout has
reached the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland and
Singapore, and was today expanded to Canada, France and
Germany. The service has also gained two new
language options, French and German, to correspond with the
regional expansion.Apple also finally switched from
Google Maps to its own mapping service on iCloud.com in
December. Apple-leased camera cars have been spotted
recently, with some suggesting that they are being used to
add Street View style images to Apple Maps, while others
believe they are part of the Apple 'Titan' Car
project.The maps app originally launched in 2012, and
Apple boss Tim Cook was been forced to make an embarrassing
public apology over the firm's flawed maps
software.In a letter published on Apple's
website, Cook said the firm 'fell short' on the
product, and was 'extremely sorry'.'At
Apple, we strive to make world-class products that deliver
the best experience possible to our customers,' he
wrote.Later it emerged the man believed to be in
charge of the project, Scott Forstall, had been
fired. Even after a public uproar over the
shortcomings and widespread calls for Apple to revert to
Google Maps, it was claimed.Forstall would not
acknowledge the gravity of the problem, a source with
knowledge of the matter said.

Greetings from Earth! New Horizons could make
contact with aliens after its historic flyby of Pluto in
July

~KLM\\
"Antisocial behavior is a trait of intelligence in a
world full of conformists" ~Nikola Tesla
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