Articles tagged “maps”

Apple has a long way to go until it can help users find the right way to go.

Let us hope Apple has worked out the kinks in Siri and Apple Maps before iOS in the Car arrives.

Google is all grown up now and won't take chances on integrating Waze's reports about police speed traps into Google Maps. That takes some of the life and authenticity out of the Waze community.

News of the other acquisition this morning was a relief for anyone struggling to get good information from their iPhone using Apple's maps. The addition of fan favorite HopSpot should improve matters even more.

Although unsettling to some, the more places that Google can be at once, the better the data and services it can provide its users.

Replacing geocodes with words is helpful to some extent, but nobody wants a proprietary mapping system, no matter how clever it may be.

Though the data collection is labor intensive, insights drawn from the millions of sign-ins will help the park prioritize staffing needs, marketing plans, and event promotions while working within a budget.

Google’s vertical ascent was the next stop in its mapping conquest that started with roads and progressed to include natural wonders and indoors. Destinations can hope for an increase in interest in monuments that can be hyped with the online views.

Unlikely the deal will get tripped up in anti-trust, Waze is too small to have ever become a material competitor, and its elimination from the market doesn't change much from competitive scenario.