iOS 6 Features: New Maps App With 3D Mode; Major Home Screen Changes And Android-Like Widgets Unlikely

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New Google Earth for Android, iOS adds custom maps

iPhone | Thursday March 15 2012 6:17 AM | Comments (0) Tags: , , , , ,

New Google Earth for Android, iOS adds custom maps

Google Earth image with Wikiloc trail overlay

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Screenshot by Jaymar Cabebe/CNET)

Released today, the newest version of Google Earth for Android and iOS adds a long-awaited feature that should make the mobile mapping experience more like that on the desktop–KML file support.

KML, or Keynote Markup Language, is a file format used to display geographic data in the Google Earth browser. The format (more…)

Nokia Maps gives turn-by-turn walking navigation to all

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Nokia Maps gives turn-by-turn walking navigation to all

Turn-by-turn navigation on an iPhone

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Nokia)

Introduced last summer, the Nokia Maps mobile site, m.maps.nokia.com, has pretty much been the Google Maps knockoff that nobody knew about. It has given mobile users the ability to search for places, get directions, and share items with friends–all fairly standard stuff. But starting today, the Nokia Maps mobile site may have differentiated itself, as it now offers (more…)

HipGeo weaves travel pics, maps into collage

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HipGeo weaves travel pics, maps into collage

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If you love sharing your travel stories and photos, road-tripping app HipGeo recently got a redesign that lets users document and share their experiences with remarkable ease.

The free iPhone and iPad app from Los Angeles-based HipGeo passively records your location as you travel. It can then mash your pics and comments into an animated map and travel diary for sharing.

The app tags (more…)

Next Gen Native Maps App May Offer Street Views And Interior Panoramas

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A couple of weeks back, we reported that 
called C3 Technologies, which specialized in making 3D maps from photo data using declassified missile-targeting technology.
 - the other two mapping companies Apple has acquired in the last two years.
, ”
C3 also makes awesome street level imagery captured using “an advanced multiple camera system with overlapping viewing angles to capture the entire surroundings in stereo.”
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Apple Acquires 3D Mapping Company To Take Native Maps To The Next Level

News | Thursday October 27 2011 4:12 PM | Comments (0) Tags: , , , , , , , ,

 in the last two years and has been hiring talent to take the native maps application to the next level.
 now reports that Apple has acquired another mapping company called C3 Technologies. They specialize in making 3D maps from photo data using declassified missile-targeting technology.
Sources say that C3 Technologies CEO Mattias Astrom , C3 Technologies CFO Kjell Cederstrand, and lead C3 Technologies Product Manager Ludvig Emgard are now (more…)

Apple May Add Augmented Reality To Maps iPhone App In The Future

News | Thursday August 18 2011 1:15 PM | Comments (0) Tags: , , , , ,

devices heavily relies on Google’s data, something which
surely doesn’t like. With acquisitions of mapping companies Poly9 and
, Apple hopes to change this very soon and a new patent filing indicates that it might use the data from these companies to build Augmented Reality right into the default Maps app. The patent filing also hints at turn by turn navigation, which would be superimposed on a real time video feed from the camera.
into a single (more…)

Speed For Maps: Jailbreak Tweak Adds Speedometer To Maps App

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Google Renews Partnership With Apple; Confirms Maps App Will Use Google’s Maps Data In iOS 5

News | Sunday May 29 2011 12:31 PM | Comments (0) Tags: , , , , , , , ,

Last week, we had heard rumors that
.
Google’s Chairman Eric Schmidt has confirmed it in an interview at AllThingsD’s D9 Conference yesterday. He revealed that Google has just renewed its Map and Search partnership with Apple .
“We just renewed our Map and Search agreements with Apple , and we hope those continue for a long time.”
and Poly9, there were some speculations that Apple will move away from its dependency on Google as much as possible. (more…)

Maps On iPhone May Continue To Use Google’s Map Data In iOS 5

News | Wednesday May 25 2011 6:57 PM | Comments (0) Tags: , , , ,

As you may know, the pre-installed Maps application in the iPhone uses Google’s map data. But after Apple bought
and Poly9, it was widely speculated that Apple will move away from its dependency on Google as much as possible.
back in October 2009 also hinted that Apple wanted to take the Maps application to the next level.
, which will compete with
.
, Apple will continue to use Google’s map data in iOS 5:
Now, sources have told 9to5Google (more…)

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