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Since its inception, Apple Maps has licensed U.S. business listing data from the following business data aggregators: [[Acxiom]], [[Factual]] and [[Neustar]]/[[Localeze]] and [[Yelp]]<ref>http://gspa21.ls.apple.com/html/attribution.html</ref>. On November 19, 2014 an Apple Maps customer support email revealed that Apple Maps is also licensing U.S. business data from the following companies<ref>http://applemapsmarketing.com/2014/11/apple-maps-announces-new-business-listings-data-partners/</ref>:
Since its inception, Apple Maps has licensed U.S. business listing data from the following business data aggregators: [[Acxiom]], [[Factual]] and [[Neustar]]/[[Localeze]] and [[Yelp]]<ref>http://gspa21.ls.apple.com/html/attribution.html</ref>. On November 19, 2014 an Apple Maps customer support email revealed that Apple Maps is also licensing U.S. business data from the following companies<ref>http://applemapsmarketing.com/2014/11/apple-maps-announces-new-business-listings-data-partners/</ref>:


[[DAC Group]]
DAC Group
[[Location3 Media]]
Location3 Media
[[Marquette Group]]
Marquette Group
[[Placeable]]
Placeable
[[PositionTech]]
PositionTech
[[SIM Partners]]
SIM Partners
[[SinglePlatform]]
SinglePlatform
[[UBL]]
[[UBL]]
[[Yext]]
[[Yext]]

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Apple Maps
Developer(s)Apple Inc.
Initial releaseJune 29, 2007; 17 years ago (2007-06-29) (powered by Google Maps)
Stable release
iOS 8.1 / October 20, 2014; 10 years ago (2014-10-20) (powered by Apple)
Operating systemiOS 6 onwards
PlatformiPhone 3GS onwards, iPad 2 onwards, iPad Mini (1st generation) onwards, iPod Touch (4th generation) onwards
Available in34 languages[1][2][3][4]
TypeWeb mapping
LicenseProprietary
Websitewww.apple.com/maps/ Edit this on Wikidata
Maps for OS X
Developer(s)Apple Inc.
Initial releaseOctober 22, 2013; 11 years ago (2013-10-22)
Stable release
2.0 / October 16, 2014; 10 years ago (2014-10-16)
Operating systemOS X 10.9 or later
PlatformOS X
Websitewww.apple.com/osx/whats-new/features.html

Apple Maps is a mapping service application developed by Apple Inc. for its iOS and OS X operating systems. It allows turn-by-turn navigation by car or walk including re-routing.

Background

The Maps application has been featured on the iOS (previously iPhone OS) operating system since the release of the first-generation iPhone on June 29, 2007, and was powered by Google Maps from then until September 19, 2012.[5] A new version was announced by Scott Forstall at WWDC 2012 keynote on June 11, 2012 that would use Apple's own mapping system with data provided by a number of providers instead of Google Maps,[6][7] mainly through Dutch manufacturer of navigation systems TomTom,[8] and a Chinese mapping company specifically for just the Chinese market version, AutoNavi.[9]

On June 10, 2013, at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference, Craig Federighi announced that Maps would also be provided with OS X Mavericks in late 2013.[10][11]

Flyover

Locations available in Flyover mode are:

Country Cities
 Australia Melbourne, Perth, Sydney
 Bahamas Nassau
 Canada Calgary, Montreal, Surrey, Toronto, Vancouver
 Denmark Copenhagen, Roskilde
 Finland Helsinki
 France Avignon, Biarritz (and Bayonne), Bordeaux, Cannes, Lyon, Marseille (and Aix-en-Provence), Montpellier, Nice, Paris, Perpignan, Saint-Étienne, Saint-Tropez, areas surrounding Monaco
 Germany Berlin, Cologne, Munich
 Gibraltar Gibraltar
 Holy See Vatican City
 Italy Ancona, Bari, Milan, Perugia, Rome,
 Ireland Cork, Dublin
 Japan Tokyo
 Monaco Entire country
 New Zealand Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, Nelson, Wellington
 South Africa Cape Town, Durban
 Spain Algeciras, Alicante, Barcelona, Córdoba, Madrid, Seville, Valencia
 Sweden Linköping, Stockholm, Visby
 United Kingdom Belfast, Birmingham, Glasgow, Leeds, London, Manchester, Wolverhampton
Country State Cities
 United States Arizona Phoenix
California Bakersfield, Fresno, Los Angeles, Modesto, Oakland, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, Stockton
Colorado Denver
Florida Miami
Georgia Atlanta
Hawaii Honolulu
Illinois Chicago
Indiana Indianapolis
Louisiana New Orleans
Maine Portland
Maryland Baltimore
Massachusetts Boston
Minnesota Minneapolis, Saint Paul
Nevada Las Vegas
New York Albany, Buffalo, New York City, Schenectady
Ohio Cleveland
Oklahoma Tulsa
Oregon Portland, Salem
Pennsylvania Philadelphia
Rhode Island Providence
Tennessee Memphis, Nashville
Texas Arlington, Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, San Antonio
Washington Seattle, Tacoma
Wisconsin Green Bay, Milwaukee
Wyoming Cheyenne

Non-populated landmarks and areas in photorealistic 3D:

Landmark Country District
Cliffs of Moher  Ireland Munster
Hoover Dam  United States Arizona/Nevada
Mont Saint-Michel  France Manche
Mount Rushmore  United States South Dakota
Pont du Gard  France Gard
Stonehenge  UK Wiltshire
Yosemite National Park  United States California
Zion National Park  United States Utah

Criticism

File:Apple--maps-google-maps-comparison.png
Image comparing the version offered by iOS's Maps (left) and the offering of maps by Google Maps (right)

Prior to the release of the new Maps app, commentators had focused on the new 3D or Flyover facility and it was widely praised as outclassing Google's long standing but weak equivalent.

Upon the release of the new version on September 19, 2012,[12] many users and commentators were critical of the app for a variety of reasons ranging but not limited to improper labeling of places to unmapped roads.[13] The app was criticized for its lack of certain features contained in Google Maps, including Street View and transit directions.[14] Users complained about the errors it contained.[15] This included showing the wrong location of the Apple Store in Sydney, Australia,[16] marking an entire city as a hospital, misclassifying a nursery as an airport, and identifying the nearest gas station to be as far as 76 miles away from the user's location.[17] 3D views appearing in Maps were also distorted in some cases though still better than in Google's 3D maps at the same locations, with iconic constructions like the Brooklyn Bridge seeming to be collapsed or impossibly built.[18] In response to the criticism, Apple issued a statement, saying the company is "continuously improving" Maps and they "appreciate all of the customer feedback."[19] On September 28, 2012, Apple CEO Tim Cook posted a letter on the Apple website apologizing for Maps and suggesting that iOS 6 users use third party map apps or websites while Apple works to improve Maps.[20]

In October 2012, Scott Forstall, Senior Vice President of iOS software and the executive responsible for Maps (or "directly responsible individual," in Apple jargon), was removed from his position.[21][22] According to Adam Lashinsky of Fortune, Forstall sealed his fate when he refused to sign the apology for Maps.[23]

In December 2012, Victoria Police in Australia advised travellers against using the application to get directions to the remote town of Mildura. The app placed Mildura in the middle of Murray-Sunset National Park, 70 km (43 mi) from its correct location. Police noted that several motorists required rescuing after following incorrect directions off the highway into the park. They called this a "potentially life threatening issue," since the park has no water supply of its own and temperatures can get as high as 46 °C (115 °F) in the summer.[24] Apple made efforts to correct this before any actual deaths were reported. An update released on December 11, 2012, corrected the location of Mildura for some but not all possible routes.[25][26] According to The Register, the problem was likely due to a listing in the Gazetteer of Australia for the Rural City of Mildura, the LGA that includes Mildura. The geographic center for that LGA is located in Murray-Sunset Park, which covers almost one-third of its area.[27] Samsung used the reports of stranded users in a marketing event in Sydney for their own products.[28] The Victoria Country Fire Authority blamed Apple for "dangerous deficiencies" after the iOS6 version of the map service caused inaccuracies in the Authority's pre-existing bushfire alert app.[29]

Apple Maps was named one of the Top 10 technology 'fails' of 2012 by CNN in December 2012.[30]

In September 2013, it was reported that Apple's Maps app was directing drivers heading to Fairbanks International Airport in Fairbanks, Alaska to drive onto an airport taxiway located directly across from the runway, which is used by aircraft on a regular basis.[31]

As of November 2013, US iPhone users who used Apple's Maps outnumber Google's maps app by 35 million to 6 million.[32]

Competitors

An iPhone version of Google Maps returned to the iOS platform on December 13, 2012 as a standalone application released by Google, rather than as the default map feature on the iOS platform. As of December 2012 it is not possible to change the default mapping app from Apple Maps except via jailbreaking.[33] The new Google app still lagged in a few features available on Google's own Android platform, but Google Maps on iOS has been tremendously successful.[34][35] The redesigned Google Maps has been praised for being both aesthetically pleasing and highly functional.[35][36] On July 16, 2013, a new, redesigned version of Google Maps was released on the iOS platform with optimization for the iPad.[37]

Updates

Since the launch of the iOS Maps software and its aforementioned controversies, Apple executives have promised that improvements will come to the Maps application. On an Apple earnings call, Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer stated that Apple "has made a number of improvements to Maps" and that the company will "work non-stop" in order to fix the remaining issues.[38] Apple CEO Tim Cook also said publicly that Apple is "putting the weight of the company" behind improvements to the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch Maps application. In an interview with Bloomberg, he said that Apple has a big plan to squash the bugs.[39] On March 19, 2013, Apple released iOS 6.1.3 that included several iOS Maps fixes specific to Japan.[40] The application also received improvements with the launch of iOS 7, which was released on September 18, 2013.

U.S. Business Listing Data Providers

Since its inception, Apple Maps has licensed U.S. business listing data from the following business data aggregators: Acxiom, Factual and Neustar/Localeze and Yelp[41]. On November 19, 2014 an Apple Maps customer support email revealed that Apple Maps is also licensing U.S. business data from the following companies[42]:

DAC Group Location3 Media Marquette Group Placeable PositionTech SIM Partners SinglePlatform UBL Yext Yodle

Flyover Tour

iOS 8 introduced Flyover Tours. Flyover Tours are visual tours on tourist attractions in the Flyover City.

See also

References

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  42. ^ http://applemapsmarketing.com/2014/11/apple-maps-announces-new-business-listings-data-partners/
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