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iOS 10 Maps: Nearby Search UI Improvements

The iOS 10 beta on iPad adds some nice UI refinements in Nearby search. The first two steps of a Nearby search are exactly the same in iOS 9. iOS 10 improvements start […]

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iOS 10 Maps and the Japanese Label Problem 

That sinking feeling. Here it is mid July already, two, maybe three months until the release of iOS 10. That’s very little time to fix things, if it can be done at […]

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iOS 10: Reading the Apple Maps Cartography Tea Leaves

The iOS 10 preview image for Apple Maps Japanese public transit is fascinating. It’s a coming attraction movie trailer. Movie trailers, as you know, always use background music that has nothing to […]

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iOS 10 beta 2 adds Public Transit Preferences

iOS 1o Beta 2 has new public transit preferences in Maps Settings. Users can now set route suggestion preferences by foot, car or public transit. Public Transit also has it’s own setting to […]

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Apple Maps – Cultural Curation or Cultural Imperialism?

Curated. I hate the word. It was hijacked by PR hacks then foisted on readers by tech bloggers who should know better, to delude people into thinking that database information is tasty […]

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Apple Confirms Tokyo Public Transit for iOS 10

That was quick. Two days after my last post suggesting that Japanese public transit for Apple Maps would arrive with iOS 10, Apple confirmed it with a Japanese site refresh […]

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