Apple today launched a new app called Surveyor, which is designed to allow users to collect data like images of street signs and roadside details to improve Apple Maps. The app is not public facing and appears to be for use with companies that Apple partners with to assign mapping tasks. Downloading the app and […]
Apple is “exploring” the idea of showing search ads in the Apple Maps app, according to Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman. Back in 2022, Gurman said software engineering was “already underway” to display ads in the Apple Maps app, but Apple did not move forward with the idea at the time. Today, he said Apple is “giving […]
Read MoreApple Maps now has expanded coverage for cycling directions in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The expansion, first spotted by a Reddit user, means cyclists can plan a journey on the app from, say, Land’s End to John o’ Groats, if they’re that way inclined. Cycling directions have been available in the UK and Ireland […]
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