Re: [Fed-Talk] iOS 6 maps...
Re: [Fed-Talk] iOS 6 maps...
- Subject: Re: [Fed-Talk] iOS 6 maps...
- From: "Dennis, Floyd B (IHS/HQ)" <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2012 22:23:15 +0000
- Thread-topic: [Fed-Talk] iOS 6 maps...
On Tuesday, September 25, 2012 2:34 PM Jeffrey Walton <email@hidden> wrote:
>
>On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 3:37 PM, Rowe, Walter <email@hidden> wrote:
>> In case no one took the opportunity to actually read the link I sent,
>> the past paragraph said Jobs would have made this move too. Apple
>> wants turn-by-turn navigation and Google won't license it via the API.
>> That is a differentiator for Android vs iOS since Google owns Android.
>> Given that Apple could not get Google to license turn-by-turn
>> navigation, Apple had to go their own way eventually in order to get
>> that feature and compete with Android.
>Google will license the API, but Apple [apparently] did not agree to the terms. https://developers.google.com/maps/terms .
<snip>
Not surprising, considering those terms specifically prohibit the use of Google Maps service or content in any real time navigation or turn-by-turn route guidance systems - reference 10.2(c)(i) in the supplied link.
Sorta limits the utility on any non-Google portable device, doesn't it?
Floyd
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