by It’s an interesting evening for Maps on iOS. First up, Google released a rudimentary iOS Google Maps video which feels circa 2007 including all of the gestures that made Steve Jobs go Thermonuclear on Android. We’re not sure who the intended audience is here but this was just released. Maybe it is just for the people who’ve never used a smartphone before?
Rounding things out, Jim Darlymple from the Loop posts what appears to be a roundup of new Apple data on improvements in mapping (which supports its stance that it is rapidly improving):
In the past few months Apple added or expanded flyover support for:
Baltimore, MD
Providence, RH
Portland, ME
Cleveland, OH
Green Bay, WI
Minneapolis, MN
Albany, NY
Indianapolis, Indiana
Cologne, Germany
Glasgow, Scotland
Buffalo, NY
Vancouver, BC
Tulsa, OK
Hoover Dam
Modesto, CA
Stockton, CA
Portland, OR
Boston, MA
Houston, TX
Stockholm, Sweden
Munich, Germany
London, England
Madrid, Spain
Rome, Italy
Copenhagen, Denmark
Berlin, Germany
Lyon, France
Birmingham, AL
Toronto, ON
Barcelona, Spain
Maps has also updated 3D buildings for Standard view and Turn-by-turn navigation …- read the rest at the Loop
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