I was surprised at how little time Apple Maps got in the iPhone5 launch event, but then again they had a lot to cover. Below are the features they presented. Thanks to The Verge’s live coverage! (Great artists steal right?):
Apple Has Built a Local Search Engine
“We’ve built a search engine in to find POIs — we have over 100m points of interest.”
Turn by turn directions in landscape and portait mode.
3D satellite imagery with flyover mode.
Apple Passbook: Can get boarding passes on lockscreen #cool
Siri/Yelp interface looks improved:
Now you can post to Facebook using Siri. Not sure if it will include location (e.g. “Checking out the socialist pizzas at Big Apple Pizza & Pasta”).
And that’s pretty much it. More coming when I get my hands on that damn phone.
5 responses so far ↓
1 Gabor Erdi
Do you know how I will be able to list my local business on the new Apple Map? Now I have a listing in Google Places / Local but I am not sure whether it will be taken automatically to the new Apple Map.
Thanks,
Gabor (from Hungary)
2 Travis Van Slooten
Andrew:
Ya, I think I’m taking the plunge on this phone as well but I’m still torn. I’m an Android guy myself. Those 3D satellite images are sweet!
Travis Van Slooten
3 Andrew Shotland
I don’t know if there will be any submit or claim your business functions on Apple Maps at launch. We do know that Yelp, Localeze & Acxiom are some of the data providers for the business listings, so the first thing to do is to make sure that you have submitted your data to those companies.
4 Andrew Shotland
Travis,
The 3D flyover stuff does look fun, but for me at least, it does not seem like it will be used much. I rarely use the satellite view or the Street View in Google Maps either.
Turn-by-turn directions are the killer app here IMO, or at least they are feature that has been sorely lacking in iOS.
Offline maps would be cool too. I would expect to see that in V2.
5 Gabor Erdi
Andrew, thanks for your answer, it is very useful and greatly appreciated.
Gabor
Leave a Comment
Comments are moderated before publishing