Google Map North Korea Via Crowd Sourcing
Google has is using crowd sourcing by enlisting a team of North Korean citizen to chart the country’s gulags, nuclear facilities and golf courses. Using its community tool Map Maker, Google has managed to map the unmappable.
From Google blog:
To build this map, a community of citizen cartographers came together in Google Map Maker to make their contributions such as adding road names and points of interest. This effort has been active in Map Maker for a few years and today the new map of North Korea is ready and now available on Google Maps.
While many people around the globe are fascinated with North Korea, these maps are especially important for the citizens of South Korea who have ancestral connections or still have family living in the closed nation.
Google Map App For iOS 6 Surpassed 10M Download In 48 Hours
No surprise that Google Maps for iOS is a huge hit. It is now reported that the app experienced more than 10 million downloads in less than 48 hours. And it is now the number 1 free app on the Apple App Store.
Google Map app features:
Search
- Find addresses, places and businesses around the world with Google local search.
- Discover places to eat, drink, shop and play, with ratings and local reviews.
- Sign in to sync your searches, directions, and favorite places between your computer and your phone.
Directions
- Get voice guided, turn-by-turn driving directions.
- Find your way by train, bus, subway or walking directions.
- Access live traffic information in cities across the world.
Street View and imagery
- View 360-degree panoramas of places around the globe with Street View.
- See inside more than 100,000 businesses worldwide.
- View high resolution satellite imagery of locations around the world.
Download now at the Apple App Store
Google Map App Released For iOS 6
Rejoice people, Google has finally released Google Map for iOS 6 for iPhone for now. Now you will not be sent to the middle of the lake or getting lost in the mountain without food and water.
Google Map app features:
Search
- Find addresses, places and businesses around the world with Google local search.
- Discover places to eat, drink, shop and play, with ratings and local reviews.
- Sign in to sync your searches, directions, and favorite places between your computer and your phone.
Directions
- Get voice guided, turn-by-turn driving directions.
- Find your way by train, bus, subway or walking directions.
- Access live traffic information in cities across the world.
Street View and imagery
- View 360-degree panoramas of places around the globe with Street View.
- See inside more than 100,000 businesses worldwide.
- View high resolution satellite imagery of locations around the world.
Download now at the Apple App Store
Australian Police Discourages The Use Of iOS 6 Map
We know Apple’s iOS Map sucks. So nothing new here. Australia Mildura Police have been responding to rescue calls from motorists lost in the national park after being sent there by Apple new iOS Maps. The app actually thinks Mildura is located in the middle of the park itself.
Some of the lost motorists were not able to find the way out for more than 24 hours.
Google has informed that the new Google Map app for iOS is already been submitted to Apple for review. The question is how quickly will Apple approve it?
Google Map App For iOS 6 Very Close To Completion
Sources from WSJ has revealed that a test version of the new iOS 6 Google Maps app has been distributed outside the company to a limited number of people. This indicate that it will soon be going for Apple approval soon. If this rumour is true, the days of horrible Apple maps will soon end!
Previously:
Those of you updated your Apple devices to iOS 6 will be shocked to find out the new map which is not using Google Map is atrocious. It doesn’t have street view and also show wrong information and locations.
Google has informed that the new Google Map app for iOS is already been submitted to Apple for review. The question is how quickly will Apple approve it. Hopefully soon and not end of this year with the user negative response of the new Apple map for iOS 6 on the rise.
This would not have happened if Steve Jobs is still around. Yes, Apple should use their own map app but it has to work similarly or better than Google Map. Not worst!
Apple CEO Tim Cook Apologizes For Horrible iOS 6 Maps
Apple CEO Tim Cook has finally came out and say sorry for the substandard maps that were provided with the iOS 6 update on iPad and iPhones. He said in an official statement: “With the launch of our new Maps last week, we fell short on this commitment.”
Tim recommended that people try alternatives by downloading competing map apps from the App Store while Apple works on its own maps products.
Last week, Apple spokeswoman Trudy Muller said Apple is “working hard” to make the experience better and valued the criticism of customers. She said: “We launched this new map service knowing that it is a major initiative and we are just getting started with it. We are continuously improving it, and as Maps is a cloud-based solution, the more people use it, the better it will get”.
Apple has basically failed to understand user requirements when developing an app. The company is focusing more on destroying Google by removing YouTube and Google Map rather than listening to users.
Google Map Adds Great Barrier Reef Sites
There is a lot to love with Google Maps these days after Apple released their appalling iOS 6 Map last week. Google has now added underwater street views for you to navigate several Great Barrier Reef sites.
Locations added to Google Map include Australia’s Great Barrier Reef near Heron Island, Lady Elliot Island and Wilson Island, as well as Hawaii’s Hanauma Bay and Molokini Crater and the Philippines Apo Island.
Apple Responded To iOS 6 Map Debacle
Apple is in crisis mode over the failure to deliver to user a proper mapping app on iOS 6 devices. Apple’s new map does not include street view and also show wrong information and locations.
Apple spokeswoman Trudy Muller said Apple is “working hard” to make the experience better and valued the criticism of customers.
She said: “We launched this new map service knowing that it is a major initiative and we are just getting started with it. We are continuously improving it, and as Maps is a cloud-based solution, the more people use it, the better it will get”.
Apple has basically failed to understand user requirements when developing an app. The company is focusing more on destroying Google by removing YouTube and Google Map rather than listening to users. Looks like Apple is harking back to the days when Steve Jobs was outed and producing sub-standard machines such as the Quadra PCs.
Google has informed that the new Google Map app for iOS is already been submitted to Apple for review. The question is how quickly will Apple approve it?
Apple iOS Map Is Horrible And Google Map App Releasing End Of This Year
Those of you updated your Apple devices to iOS 6 will be shocked to find out the new map which is not using Google Map is atrocious. It doesn’t have street view and also show wrong information and locations.
Google has informed that the new Google Map app for iOS is already been submitted to Apple for review. The question is how quickly will Apple approve it. Hopefully soon and not end of this year with the user negative response of the new Apple map for iOS 6 on the rise.
This would not have happened if Steve Jobs is still around. Yes, Apple should use their own map app but it has to work similarly or better than Google Map. Not worst!
Google Adds Weather To Google Map
Google is adding a weather layer on Google Maps that displays current temperature and weather conditions around the globe. User will have to turn this feature on. Check out a demo here.
