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 19:34:33 -0400
On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 6:53 PM, Jeffrey Walton <email@hidden> wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 6:38 PM, Mike Pike <email@hidden> wrote:
>> Not in their latest update, read the story, it's Google now...
> Oh, my bad. I recently was in touch with Garmin support about missing
> routes: MD 200 to avoid I-495 for those in the MD/DC/VA area (I'm not
> sure I-270 can be considered a win, though). Garmin support told me
> they used Navteq.
Perhaps I'm reading too much into the article [1]: Garmin's iOS 6
application uses StreetView. But it does not say what Garmin devices
are using. And it does not state what the Garmin iOS application is
uses in downlevel clients.
Jeff
[1] 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/
>> On Sep 25, 2012, at 4:38 PM, Jeffrey Walton wrote:
>>
>>> 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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