Apple Maps Japan was all over the place this week with Look Around expansions, and airport Indoor Map additions. Did Apple do all this for WWDC21 keynote bragging points?
It was clear that Look Around was coming to Kanazawa and Sendai any day, and it finally did. A lot of holes are still there such as the famous Kanazawa Kenroku-en gardens which are being pedestrian mapped right now through June. The same goes for Sendai. Greater Tokyo area Look Around gained some coverage in the Hachioji region, Osaka/Kyoto/Nara has gained some coverage in Otsu City Shiga Prefecture, the same probably applies to other Look Around cities. This time lets hope Look Around doesn’t mysteriously disappear and reappear like it did with Hiroshima.
Haneda and Fukuoka Airport gained Indoor Maps. Haneda was listed in the iOS Feature Availability page over a year ago and removed, but never showed in Apple Maps. It finally made it…for real. Now all we need are Indoor Maps for major train stations. Apple Maps won’t be real for many until it does.
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