{"id":1789093,"date":"2020-08-07T18:22:07","date_gmt":"2020-08-07T22:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1789093"},"modified":"2020-08-07T18:22:07","modified_gmt":"2020-08-07T22:22:07","slug":"apples-look-around-comes-to-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2020\/08\/apples-look-around-comes-to-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple’s Look Around Comes to Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ata Distance<\/em> reports<\/a> that the Look Around of feature of Apple Maps, which is roughly analogous to Google\u2019s Street View, is now available in the Tokyo, Kyoto-Osaka and Nagoya regions of Japan\u2014it\u2019s presumed that this was intended to coincide with the (now postponed) 2020 Olympics. This is the first implementation of Look Around outside the United States. [9 to 5 Mac<\/em><\/a>\/Engadget<\/a><\/em>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ata Distance reports that the Look Around of feature of Apple Maps, which is roughly analogous to Google\u2019s Street View, is now available in the Tokyo, Kyoto-Osaka and Nagoya regions of Japan\u2014it\u2019s presumed that this… 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":[80],"tags":[600,83,260,508,102],"class_list":["post-1789093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-mobile","tag-apple","tag-apple-maps","tag-ios","tag-iphone","tag-japan","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1789157,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2020\/08\/apple-maps-updates-in-ireland-japan-and-the-u-k\/","url_meta":{"origin":1789093,"position":0},"title":"Apple Maps Updates in Ireland, Japan and the U.K.","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"24 August 2020","format":"link","excerpt":"Justin O\u2019Beirne reports that Apple is now testing its new maps for the United Kingdom and Ireland: the maps are available for a small subset of users. [AppleInsider, MacRumors] Apple\u2019s maps of Japan have also been updated\u2014like the Look Around updates, this was probably originally intended to coincide with the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Mobile"","block_context":{"text":"Mobile","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/mobile\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1791065,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2021\/05\/google-maps-updates-at-google-i-o-apple-maps-additions\/","url_meta":{"origin":1789093,"position":1},"title":"Google Maps Updates at Google I\/O; Apple Maps Additions","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"18 May 2021","format":"link","excerpt":"Google Maps-related announcements at Google\u2019s I\/O 2021 keynote today include routing improvements to reduce hard braking, enhancements to Live View, expanding Google\u2019s new detailed maps to 50 cities, identifying crowded areas, and tailoring map data to time of day and whether you\u2019re travelling. 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Google is using machine learning to predict traffic flows and improve ETA estimates (Engadget, The Verge). 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You will recall that Apple was reported to be rebuilding Apple Maps \"from the ground up\": this is apparently the result. 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