Revamped Apple Maps Rollout Reaches New York City

Monday September 30, 2019 4:23 AM PDT by Tim Hardwick
Apple on Monday began rolling out a major update to its New York City coverage in the Maps app, boosting geographical details and correcting numerous errors in the process, according to the New York Post.


The update should see an increase in details on buildings, roads, parks, sports fields, parking lots, ground cover, foliage, pools, pedestrian pathways, and bodies of water.

For example, users looking at Central Park should now see individual baseball diamonds and more detailed footpaths, while buildings are more accurately rendered in the 3D mode thanks to new flight technology to better depict elevations.

Apple may still be rolling out the changes to its servers, as some Reddit users report that the appearance of the new coverage remains patchy and seems to depend on zoom level.

Apple has been deploying the enhanced maps up the northeast United States over the last few months, rolling them out in a stepwise fashion in adjacent continental U.S. states.

The last update brought enhanced maps to the likes of Washington D.C., Maryland, Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts, and Maine.

The data is gathered by Apple's own fleet of sensor- and camera-equipped vehicles, as well as first-party data gathered from iPhones using Apple's differential privacy. The combined data is also being made to ensure search results are more relevant.

At WWDC 2019, Apple said the updated maps will roll out to the entire United States by the end of the year, followed by additional countries in 2020.

Tags: Apple Maps Guide, New York City
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Strelok
10 weeks ago


Apple User: when Apple releases something, they do it better

Google Map Users: Hold my beer

Just use Google Maps, Apple maps is about 7 years behind Google, Facts!


Fun fact, Apple maps had my house show up on satellite view about 6 months before google maps did, same thing with the address.
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nickhutson
10 weeks ago
And the rest of the world that isn’t America = 2067.

Like Apple Cash.
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DinkThifferent
10 weeks ago
Lol Apple Maps is still a disaster here in The Netherlands. I just opened it on my iMac (removed it from my iPhone a long time ago, after it tried to navigate me over a motorway, even though I had selected 'walking directions') and in my city (third largest of the country) it is still a gigantic outdated mess. I looked at the city center and reported immediately 10 errors to Apple: 9 stores that are not there anymore or had changed address and 1 pin that was not correct.

Good luck Apple. I think I will start using your maps functionality again when the iPhone 111 is released.
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tzm41
10 weeks ago


The article didn't say anything about Massachusetts being out.

“The last update ('https://www.macrumors.com/2019/08/13/revamped-apple-maps-north-east-us/') brought enhanced maps to the likes of Washington D.C., Maryland, Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts, and Maine.”
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JohnStrass
10 weeks ago
I wonder why the mapping companies haven’t come up with an algorithm to guide us on quality of our transportation choice, not just the fastest route.

For example, I would like to know in New York City if I walk from point A to point B is there a nicer way to walk or less nice way to walk. Likewise, I would like something to have ideal bicycle conditions. Not just flagging the bicycle routes but based on where bicycle us actually travel that should indicate what the best ways to ride a bicycle would be
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Alan Gordon
10 weeks ago
Look Around has been available in the California Bay Area (SF, SJ, etc.), Las Vegas, and Hawaii.

It's now going live for NYC and the Los Angeles, CA area as well:

Updated Apple Maps ('https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/updated-apple-maps.2125979/post-27823894') - NYC

Updated Apple Maps ('https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/updated-apple-maps.2125979/post-27823762') - L.A.
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ignatius345
10 weeks ago


I looked at the city center and reported immediately 10 errors to Apple: 9 stores that are not there anymore or had changed address and 1 pin that was not correct.


At least here in the US (and in Spain where I used it a bunch last year) I find that directions with Apple Maps are excellent and accurate. I've gotten the odd glitch here and there but driving, traffic and transit info has all been very solid for me in various parts of the country, and I've driven probably 4,000 miles or more using Apple Maps, plus daily transit navigation in my home city. I can count the number of bad wayfinding glitches I've hit on one hand.

But the places database is generally lacking. I had a similar experience to yours a few months ago trying to find a sushi place nearby me in Manhattan. Shouldn't be hard to find, but Maps led me to three different wrong places. I reported them all and they were quick about following up, but I wish they'd invest in some good, complete business data to go along with the nice topographic improvements.
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sgtaylor5
10 weeks ago
Obligatory: So, when is it coming $TO_WHERE_I_LIVE ? (For me, it's the Pacific Northwest that's not Seattle.)

EDIT: close parenthesis
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DinkThifferent
10 weeks ago


At least here in the US (and in Spain where I used it a bunch last year) I find that directions with Apple Maps are excellent and accurate.

But the places database is generally lacking. I had a similar experience to yours a few months ago trying to find a sushi place nearby me in Manhattan. Shouldn't be hard to find, but Maps led me to three different wrong places.


In the US Apple maps is quite okay indeed, I used it in NYC without many problems. But still, every time I used it to look something up it was like "is this info correct or is it another Apple Maps screw up?". Same with your sushi experience: you're using a Maps app to find a place you didn't know/can't find yourself! So its data should be accurate! Why would you otherwise use a maps app?

So it's fantastic that you can now use [S]street view[/S] look around in 3 cities. But I want reliable information and navigation before anything else in a maps app! And Apple still does not provide that, even after we have arrived at iOS 13, its 8th software version after its Maps introduction in iOS 6. It's a disgrace. I love iOS 13, but will never use Apple Maps again unless something drastically changes.
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anticipate
10 weeks ago


I'm still not seeing the updated maps for Mass either (I'm in Boston). Not sure what gives...


What's even weirder is I DO see them in CarPlay when on maps. Clearly tons more detail like baseball fields, etc, that don't show in the normal app.
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