Apple is going to rebuild its maps from scratch

New Apple Maps

Six years have passed since the introduction of Apple Maps (Apple Maps). It was certainly not a brilliant debut, but Apple has admitted it and has been improving them little by little. Today it is already the default maps application for many iPhone users.

But at Apple they are still not happy at all, that's why, they have decided to start their maps from scratch.

Eddy Cue, now in charge of Apple Maps, has told TechCrunch that They are updating their maps and that the news will arrive in the next beta of iOS 12. At the moment, only San Francisco and the San Francisco bay area, but they will be expanding and updating all the maps and all the operating systems.

This update comes from the effort that Apple decided to start four years ago with its new ways of collecting data. Remember the car range who have been walking the roads of the world, and even the drones that they have set out to use.

Now Apple wants to build the best world map app and for this it wants to make use of the iPhone and its users, who will provide data to keep the maps updated. The ultimate goal being that Apple is the one to get all the data from its maps and stop depending on updates and information from third parties.

Of course, the information obtained from users' iPhones is completely anonymous. In fact, they do not even obtain the information of a specific route from an iPhone, but only a segment of the route.

Eddy Cue has emphasized that It is not about improving the appearance of the Maps app. What they are going to start from scratch and improve is the information on their maps.

Eddy Cue himself has told TechCrunch which He doesn't think there is anyone working on maps as much as they do. There are no dates for the maps of the rest of the world, but the United States will receive the updates throughout this year.


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