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\"\"Video and presentation slides<\/a> from Apple’s “Introduction to MapKit JS” session at WWDC yesterday afternoon. MapKit JS<\/a> is, as I mentioned Tuesday<\/a>, a method for developers to embed Apple’s maps on their websites. Apple is pitching it as a way for developers who use Apple Maps in their iOS apps to use the same maps on their websites: continuity of look and feel and all that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Video and presentation slides from Apple’s “Introduction to MapKit JS” session at WWDC yesterday afternoon. MapKit JS is, as I mentioned Tuesday, a method for developers to embed Apple’s maps on their websites. Apple is… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[114],"tags":[600,83,1127],"class_list":["post-1785768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-web-mapping","tag-apple","tag-apple-maps","tag-developer-tools","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1785755,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2018\/06\/mapkit-js-apple-maps-gets-an-api-for-websites\/","url_meta":{"origin":1785768,"position":0},"title":"MapKit JS: Apple Maps Gets an API for Websites","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"5 June 2018","format":"link","excerpt":"MapKit has been around for a few years as an API to allow iOS developers to embed Apple's maps into their apps. 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