Apple Maps app drops Google

Awesome. I am loving the competition between Google and Apple - basically means more cooler stuff for all of us!
 
Ecco said:
They cant replace google maps, if they cant give the same coverage.
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In fact there is a lot of things that will be missing.

Street View, Google's internal maps that is mostly the US where buildings and shopping malls started to get mapped as well as subway maps. Also dropping will be the Google traffic data.

I am sure Google will submit an app for iTunes Store, if it gets approved is another question.
 
There better be not a singular similarity in this app and Google Maps otherwise this can be locked up in a court case for years to come.
 
MyWorld said:
There better be not a singular similarity in this app and Google Maps otherwise this can be locked up in a court case for years to come.
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I can see this in my mind already:

Apple patent maps, takes Google to court for coping their invention :)
 
ebendl said:
Who wants to bet SA wont be on that map?
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Sigh.. well seeing as Bing maps don't even provide proper coverage in SA I would say about ZERO % chance that Apple maps will cover us on street level. So the big question is, do they only roll it out in the regions that they do cover and leave the regions they don't with Google maps? Or do they screw us all?
I'm so glad my phone is at least Android right now.
 
Presumably Google maps will still be available via Safari, as it always has been?
 
Gapz said:
They just trying to prove a point, stupid Apples reinventing the wheel...
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Google apple+maps+openstreetmap. The app may be in house but the data is not, it was not attributed to the creators until very recently. Worse, the accuracy is suspect - one blogger noted that his (conforming) footpaths have been designated as roads when Apple used the data.
 
Vis1/0N said:
Google apple+maps+openstreetmap. The app may be in house but the data is not, it was not attributed to the creators until very recently. Worse, the accuracy is suspect - one blogger noted that his (conforming) footpaths have been designated as roads when Apple used the data.
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Wasnt the non-attribution issue just for the iPhoto maps that was rolled out a few months ago?
 
Ok so not so bad re covrage.

TomTom has independently confirmed to us that it indeed "has signed a global agreement with Apple for maps and related information."

Source Engadget

Been wondering exactly which data service is replacing Google as Apple's map provider? According to these leaked screenshots (shown above) from the iOS 6 developer beta running on an iPhone 4S, it appears to be TomTom. The company is no stranger to iOS, as its navigation app and car kit have been available on the iPhone since 2009. On an interesting note, the maps application specifically mentions "data from TomTom, others," which means there may be other suppliers that aren't getting called out by name. We'll keep you posted as we hear more what's going on behind-the-scenes.
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TomTom also suply maps to Sygic: GPS Navigation that I use on my phone for navigation and have decent coverage.
 
Elimentals said:
Ok so not so bad re covrage.

TomTom has independently confirmed to us that it indeed "has signed a global agreement with Apple for maps and related information."

Source Engadget



TomTom also suply maps to Sygic: GPS Navigation that I use on my phone for navigation and have decent coverage.
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Damn - and I just went and bought TomTom last week for an excursion into the depths of New Brighton. :o
 
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