Craig Federighi “finally” announced indoor mapping in Apple Maps for iOS 11 during the WWDC keynote. I say finally because this has been in the works for a very long […]
Cool Japan - Maps
Ye Olde Map of the Miyako Harbor Line
The Miyako Harbor Line was a short freight spur line off the Yamada line in Miyako to service ships. Built during the Pacific war, it was abandoned in 1984 just […]
Maps
Reality Check
Nick Heer has praised Justin O’Beirne’s A Year of Google & Apple Maps. Lots of people have. Nick says, “This article is so good that Apple could almost use it as a todo […]
Maps
Three Screenshots that Say All You Need to Know About Apple Maps Japan
I have reviewed Apple Maps, Google Maps and Yahoo Japan Maps extensively, but finding a simple and easy to understand comparison that elegantly summarizes the differences of the three Japanese […]
Maps
He loves me, he loves me not…a Japanese Journalist Rediscovers Apple Maps
Japanese tech journalist Junya Ishino discovers all the fun he was missing ditching Apple Maps on iPhone all these years. He mentions the disastrous 2012 launch, the notorious Pachiko Gundam […]
Maps - Signage
Station Number Olympics
If you have ridden any train in Tokyo since 2016, you have come across station number signage like the picture above. In the run up to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics […]
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