Apple has been working to fix Maps in Io sincebotching the launch in 2012with iOS 6 . Almost three years and two major iOS upgrades later , Maps might in conclusion get theoverhaul it desperately need .
Apple has been busy collecting mapping and passage start - ups over the last yoke years , including the recent leverage of GPS company Coherent Navigation , but we have n’t run into those acquisitions at study yet . A new report indicates that the Maps reboot on pack of cards for Apple ’s annualWorldwide Developers Conference in Junewill at last add transit directions , include trip - provision .
Using Apple Maps in New York City is pointless because it lacks transportation system directions .
So what took so long ? Well , according to a Thursday scoop in9to5Mac , Apple was prepping a Maps overhaul for iOS 8 , but pull the chew prior to last year ’s WWDC for a whole batch of reasons . The party reportedly did n’t have enough cities ’ transportation information quick to go in fourth dimension , and the data it did have was n’t completely accurate . Those problems have evidently been fixed . Apple is also work on indoor mapping , but that might not be ready to go in metre for iOS 9 ’s rollout .
The story behind the report : Apple Maps was bang over its terrible location data when it launched , which provided masses with wholly inaccurate commission ( and lead tosome hilarious snafus ) . Apple CEO Tim Cook apologized , Maps direct Scott Forstall allow for the company , and then … nothing . The app improved incrementally over the last few years , but without public transit information , Apple Maps is n’t even in the same conference as Google Maps .
But everyone knows Apple hates to release a ware that is n’t perfect , especially one that took so much initial critique , so perhaps the ship’s company has been contented to let Maps model quietly on the sidelines while it power up the project with a gravid team and better technology . AsMacworld ’s Dan Moren noted , Apple needs public transit , indoor chromosome mapping , Street View , and accurate focussing to compete with Google . If Apple spent the last few years making its Maps app even better than Google ’s , it will have been worth the wait .
