Google Maps Japan continues its downhill slide to the bottom of the maps barrel. Now that Apple Maps Japan is serious about collecting quality map data, how strange it would […]
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Tokyo Olympics Apple Maps: Death by Point of Interest
Apple tells Engadget Japan reporter Masaichi Honda that Apple Maps Japan will be ready for the Tokyo Olympics in the summer of 2020. Apple Maps will have robust indoor maps […]
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WWDC19 Apple Maps 2.0 Scorecard
The WWDC19 keynote had some Apple Maps 2.0 updates that included a few of my wish list items. The big marquee feature is iOS 13 Apple Maps ‘Look Around’ that […]
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WWDC19 iOS 13 Apple Maps Wish List
There were very few Apple Maps rumors for WWDC this year, only one little paragraph from Mark Gurman <with comments>: An updated Maps app will make it easier to set […]
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Why does Google Maps discriminate against Buddhist Temples?
Dear Google Maps Team, I have noticed recently that Google Maps in Japan has stopped using the traditional Manji 卍 character for marking Buddhist temples and has substituted a plain […]
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Hurry up Apple, Zenrin still talking with Google Maps to supply Japan data
After Google dropped premier Japanese map data supplier Zenrin in March, Google Maps Japan quality took a nose dive as steep as Zenrin’s stock price. Nikkei reports a comment from […]