Apple's new 3D Maps in iOS 6 will ditch Google, 'blow your head off'

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  • Reply 61 of 145
    dick applebaumdick applebaum Posts: 12,527member

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    What do you believe will be the marquee feature in iOS 6 then?  In other words, what is the compelling software reason to upgrade hardware? 


     


    My perspective is that iOS 6 may push new Maps to all users but some features such as 3D may be limited to the new iPhone (6th generation).


     


     


    I apologize to anyone who believes my immediately preceding post is too long.  I thought that encapsulating all the related events over the last few years was an interesting and worthwhile exercise since so many are focusing on a single aspect of the possible solution.



     


    Apologize...


     


    That was an excellent post:  on point, well researched, concise, complete, citations... it is a pleasure to read a post (or an article) as well prepared and presented as yours!

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  • Reply 62 of 145
    lerxtlerxt Posts: 186member
    If it doesn't have an offline map database it will be nothing special. There are plenty of people who need this feature. Apple needs to catch up with Nokia on this one.
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  • Reply 63 of 145
    macbook promacbook pro Posts: 1,605member

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    If it doesn't have an offline map database it will be nothing special. There are plenty of people who need this feature. Apple needs to catch up with Nokia on this one.


    You do realize the 3D Maps feature in Nokia Maps is provided by Apple (formerly C3 Technologies)?  In fact, the 3D Nokia Maps haven't been updated in more than one year and didn't contain most of the available data at the time.  Apple had mapped more than 100 cities more than one year ago so who knows how many cities have been mapped now.


     


    I highly recommend you read this post (though a bit self-serving) to appreciate what Apple may be able to achieve.

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  • Reply 64 of 145
    relicrelic Posts: 4,735member
    I am very excited, been waiting a long time for this ...

    Why, it's just a map program. What's there to get excited about. Ooooh 3D buildings, yawn, if the program can show me the nearest bus stop I'm happy. Oh wait, there's already map programs that do that., sorry but next. Apple is to little to late, there is nothing short of live sat video that could be more impressive then what is already available on the market.

    Is Apple going to outfit hundreds of vehicles around the world like Google has to map the streets in full 360 view? I doubt it, I'm sure the software will be intuitive and pretty but there is no way that they'll have better information then Google has. Google has been collecting data for the last 7 years for their map info, Apple just now started. That is unless Apple is leasing the info from Google.
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  • Reply 65 of 145
    relicrelic Posts: 4,735member

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    Get in line..... :-/

    The new AI interface is a disaster. I don't bother to post as much I used to, anymore.

    Perhaps that's the response they wanted. Who knows.


    I know it's horrible right. I cant even use my iPad on it properly. 

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  • Reply 66 of 145
    macbook promacbook pro Posts: 1,605member

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    Why, it's just a map program. What's there to get excited about. Ooooh 3D buildings, yawn, if the program can show me the nearest bus stop I'm happy. Oh wait, there's already map programs that do that., sorry but next. Apple is to little to late, there is nothing short of live sat video that could be more impressive that is already available on the market,


    Here ... Let me join you under the bridge.  (sits down ... explains as though speaking to a 3 year old).


     


    I highly recommend you read this post (though a bit self-serving) to appreciate what Apple may be able to achieve with Maps.  Now, I understand you won't grasp the concepts nor have the imagination to look beyond the narrow confines of the overpass under which you dwell but many do.

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  • Reply 67 of 145
    desuserigndesuserign Posts: 1,316member

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    PS - note to AppleInsider ... could you at least make the smileys work again?  Your shiny new site is always half broken if you run a secure browser.  It adds nothing the old one didn't already have and takes a bunch of stuff away. 



    +5


    Ding Ding!   We have a winner! :-)     (hand inserted smily)


     


    The new site has a ton of bugs.

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  • Reply 68 of 145
    relicrelic Posts: 4,735member
    You do realize the 3D Maps feature in Nokia Maps is provided by Apple (formerly C3 Technologies)?  In fact, the 3D Nokia Maps haven't been updated in more than one year and didn't contain most of the available data at the time.  Apple had mapped more than 100 cities more than one year ago so who knows how many cities have been mapped now.

    I highly recommend you read this post (though a bit self-serving) to appreciate what Apple may be able to achieve.

    Nokia does not use Apple's mapping service, where did you hear that from. Nokia Maps is a different entity and they have teamed up with Bing Maps now to have better coverage. Please don't make stuff up. Apple as of of yet has not shared their mapping data with anyone.
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  • Reply 69 of 145
    solipsismxsolipsismx Posts: 19,566member
    john.b wrote: »

    I've grown accustomed to my head where it is, thankyouverymuch, but I would like maps that are cache-able, if only regionally.
    I was thinking of something along those lines earlier today but I wasn't setting the bar so high. I was hoping for a caching of a route after it's been made. I have Tom Tom but I know plenty of people that will create a route and then take screenshots of the text directions and step-by-step maps if they think they'll be going into a no-data zone.

    I apologize to anyone who believes my immediately preceding post is too long.  I thought that encapsulating all the related events over the last few years was an interesting and worthwhile exercise since so many are focusing on a single aspect of the possible solution.
    Informative post. I appreciated it greatly.

    It'll be the 6th generation Rogue not the current Quad GPGPU from PowerVR.
    Is that ready for mass production? I was thinking that couldn't be until the 4th gen iPad, at the earliest, and more likely the 7th gen iPhone.
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  • Reply 70 of 145
    macbook promacbook pro Posts: 1,605member

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    Nokia does not use Apple's mapping service, where did you hear that from. It comes from Microsoft, Bing Maps. Please don't make stuff up.


      Continues to explain as though speaking to a 3 yea .... 6 month old.


     


    Go here


     


    Notice the "C3 Technologies" acknowledgement on the lower left?


     


    Climbs out of the muck and mire underneath your smelly bridge.

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  • Reply 71 of 145
    macbook promacbook pro Posts: 1,605member

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    Is that ready for mass production? I was thinking that couldn't be until the 4th gen iPad, at the earliest, and more likely the 7th gen iPhone.


    That is what I was thinking.  I would guess they would need approximately 30 million in the first quarter the new iPhone (6th generation) ships.

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  • Reply 72 of 145
    solipsismxsolipsismx Posts: 19,566member
    relic wrote: »
    Nokia does not use Apple's mapping service, where did you hear that from. Nokia Maps is a different entity and they have teamed up with Bing Maps now to have better coverage. Please don't make stuff up. Apple as of of yet has not shared their mapping data with anyone.

    If only there was some engine to which to search for "Nokia," "maps" and "C3 Technologies. (missing my rolleyes emoticon)
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  • Reply 73 of 145
    successsuccess Posts: 1,040member


    Interviewer: "So there will be an Android version...?"


     


    No there won't!  lol

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  • Reply 74 of 145
    solipsismxsolipsismx Posts: 19,566member
    I'm just seeing that Apple paid $267 million for C3 Technologies. For Apple that's a very expensive acquisition. I wonder how much they paid for their other mapping purchases. I can't wait to find out what they did with all these technologies. I can wait to hear people say Apple is just copying Nokia blah blah blah when it's not likely Apple's solution will be as limited as Nokia's implementation.

    That is what I was thinking.  I would guess they would need approximately 30 million in the first quarter the new iPhone (6th generation) ships.

    If the IPad (3) is any indication of things to come Apple will want to have plenty finished products on hand again. I know there is talk of iPads being sold out now that most countries are getting them but that first week of sales my local Apple Store was packed to the brim with all models.

    For the 2013 iPad it might not even be needed as the drop to 32nm should reduce power use (and heat) to allow for an increased battery and/or a lighter and thinner device and/or increased performance even if the GPU can't move to Rogue just yet.
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  • Reply 75 of 145
    desuserigndesuserign Posts: 1,316member

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      Continues to explain as though speaking to a 3 yea .... 6 month old.


     


    Go here


     


    Notice the "C3 Technologies" acknowledgement on the lower left?


     


    Climbs out of the muck and mire underneath your smelly bridge.



    I've seen that link somewhere before . . . 


     


     


     


    ;-)


    (And I too appreciated it the first time. Nice compilation.)

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  • Reply 76 of 145
    macbook promacbook pro Posts: 1,605member

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    If only there was some engine to which to search for "Nokia," "maps" and "C3 Technologies. (missing my rolleyes emoticon)


     


    You mean something that has a conversational interface with semantic analysis and context awareness?  Wow.  Wouldn't that be neat!

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  • Reply 77 of 145
    relicrelic Posts: 4,735member
    Here ... Let me join you under the bridge.  (sits down ... explains as though speaking to a 3 year old).

    I highly recommend you read this post (though a bit self-serving) to appreciate what Apple may be able to achieve with Maps.  Now, I understand you won't grasp the concepts nor have the imagination to look beyond the narrow confines of the overpass under which you dwell but many do.

    First, screw you, second, I don't care how spectacular Apple's mapping software is. Can I open up a browser and just type "give me directions from point a to point b", no, because Apple doesn't have a search engine. So it's a big bucket of failure. I am not going to use another mapping program when I can have my directions so much faster by typing it in my browse then playing with some program. My BMW also has a built in voice activated Nav unit that I can ask to give me directions. The iPhone is way to small to stare at in the car and the iPad is way to big hold while driving. There is absolutely nothing Apple can bring to the table that will change anything. I'm sure it's pretty and has amazing graphics with spinning globes and all the hoopla but at the end of the day it wont provide me with better directions then what I'm currently getting from Google or my sat unit. I'm sure my children will use it for their geography homework though. So keep your links to your self, especially when I cant see it for myself yet and it's just some article declaring how great it is.
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  • Reply 78 of 145
    macbook promacbook pro Posts: 1,605member

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    Originally Posted by Relic View Post





    Nokia does not use Apple's mapping service, where did you hear that from. Nokia Maps is a different entity and they have teamed up with Bing Maps now to have better coverage. Please don't make stuff up. Apple as of of yet has not shared their mapping data with anyone.


     


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      Continues to explain as though speaking to a 3 yea .... 6 month old.


     


    Go here


     


    Notice the "C3 Technologies" acknowledgement on the lower left?


     


    Climbs out of the muck and mire underneath your smelly bridge.



     


     Patiently awaits apology and an address to ship the humble pie.

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  • Reply 79 of 145
    focherfocher Posts: 688member
    What would be really neat is if you could track multiple devices concurrently -- so my daughter could see where all her kids are!

    !
    It's called Find My Friends, the Apple app in the App Store. You can do it with Google Latitude too.
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  • Reply 80 of 145
    relicrelic Posts: 4,735member
    solipsismx wrote: »
    If only there was some engine to which to search for "Nokia," "maps" and "C3 Technologies. (missing my rolleyes emoticon)

    Yes, that is why Nokia is now going with Bing and Apple only bought the company in 2011, they didn't create it. The newest release of Nokia Drive no longer uses C3 with Maps to follow.
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