mapping
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Google Maps Street View Returns To Your iPhone Tomorrow
Google Maps isn’t really gone from iPhones in iOS 6. You can still get it through the vastly inferior mobile version of its browser-based web app. Tim Cook even suggested you try it if you’re dissatisfied with Apple Maps.
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Apple Maps Vs Google Maps: A Side-By-Side Video Comparison
We’ve seen the flaws in Apple Maps and how it differs from Google Maps on paper. But how wide is the disparity between the two in the real world? We stacked one iPhone 4S against another iPhone 4S (one running iOS 5, one running iOS 6, both on Wi-Fi with GPS on) and let the…
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Why Apple Might Have A Hard Time Keeping Up With Google Maps
You know how Google’s Street View cars just gather photos and route data? Well, it turns out there’s more to it. Under the hood of Google maps is the Ground Truth Project: an automated, artificial intelligence system that scans and interprets Street View shots and integrates relevant information into Google’s maps. It could be why…
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Why There’s No Public Transport In iOS 6 — Yet
By now it is public knowledge that there will be no replacement for Google’s public transport routes built into the Apple Maps in iOS 6. If you’re holding an iPhone running iOS 6, you’ll find that you can drive from point A to point B using turn-by-turn 3D navigation, get walking directions, or show you…