Apple Looking for Boots on the Ground for its Maps Team
The Maps Team at Apple is looking for a small army of Maps Ground Truth Local Experts to help beef up its data quality for its … Read more
Google Maps for iOS 6 Released and the Onion Parodies Apple Maps
iOS6 iPhone users, rejoice! Back in September Apple dropped Google Maps as the default mapping and navigation app when it released iO6, instead replacing it … Read more
Show Me the Data
All the uproar over Apple’s Map app debacle shows that at the end of the day, all the whizz bang over flyovers, 3D renderings, and … Read more
Maps with Apple, Google, and Amazon
Today marks the latest release of Apple’s mobile operating system which also means the default map app on the iOS devices changes from Google to … Read more
Google vs. Apple: Dueling Mobile Map Apps
Ever since the launch of the iPhone, iOS devices came preloaded with Maps, an app built using Google Maps. That five year mapping relationship is … Read more
OpenStreetMap: Grassroots Mapping
OpenStreetMap was founded with the goal of creating and providing free geographic data to whoever wants it. With an army of 5,000 volunteers who hit … Read more
Using Location-Based Services to Build a Social Network
Avoiding the Google-Apple-Facebook Trap: How Enterprises Can Provide Their Own Mobile Solutions – a whitepaper by Dr. Alexander Koeppen and Michael Heinzel. Feature rich smartphones with … Read more
Apple Prepping for Crowd-Sourced Traffic App
A side note that emerged from the iPhone tracking controversy was a statement on the Q&A on Location Data that served as the response by … Read more
Of Interest: Flood Map, iPhone Tracking Update
Esri has released an online Flood Map to track observed flooding locations (point locations symbolized by categorized flooding intensity), precipitation reports, and social media (Twitter, … Read more
Geospatial Redux: Apple bans located-based ads in app, OSM in the news
ReadWriteWeb has noted that Apple appears to have banned location-based advertising in their apps, “Apple has posted a shocking, if vague, warning to iPhone app … Read more