iOS 5 Offers Evidence That Apple is Building Its Own Maps
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Posted June 23, 2011 at 11:13am by iClarified · 11455 views
More evidence that Apple is building its own maps solution has been found in iOS 5, according to MacRumors.
The site was tipped off to a new "Map Data" section in iOS 5's legal disclaimers. This section is separate from Google Map's terms and many of the companies do not overlap.
CoreLogic - offers Parcel data which marks boundaries for of properties to provide positional accuracy in location-based solutions. Getchee - provides location and market data on China, India and Southeast Asia. Increment P Corp - provides location and traffic data for Japan. Localeze - provides local business listings. MapData Sciences Pty Ltd. Inc - provides mapping data for Australia and New Zealand. DMTI - provides postal code data for Canada. TomTom - offers global TeleAtlas mapping data which is also licensed by Google for their map solution. Urban Mapping - provides in-depth neighborhood data such as crime, demographics, school performance, economic indicators and more. Waze - offers real-time maps and traffic information based on crowd sourced data.
While Apple has reportedly signed on to continue using Google Maps, the company has publicly revealed that it's working on a traffic service for iOS users and its acquisitions and hirings suggest a full blown maps solution.
The map data use by goold maps is tele atlas,
I knwo this as tele atlas had the wrong name for my street and its taken 2 years for them to fix it, new tom toms now have my street right but google maps still have the wrong name.