Re: [Fed-Talk] iOS 6 maps...
Re: [Fed-Talk] iOS 6 maps...
- Subject: Re: [Fed-Talk] iOS 6 maps...
- From: Jeffrey Walton <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2012 18:38:05 -0400
On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 6:30 PM, Mike Pike <email@hidden> wrote:
> It must be selective enforcement... Garmin is now using Google for their turn by turn (at least part of it).
>
> Again, from the BEST investigative reporting on the planet... on another note, is it me or has Macworld went to crap? I read 9to5mac above all others these days.
>
> http://9to5mac.com/2012/09/25/garmin-capitalizes-on-apple-maps-issues-updates-all-of-its-ios-apps-with-google-street-view-transit-directions-3d-imagery/
>
Garmin does not use Google - they get their maps and updates from Navteq.
Jeff
> On Sep 25, 2012, at 4:23 PM, Dennis, Floyd B (IHS/HQ) wrote:
>
>> 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?
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