{"id":1791065,"date":"2021-05-18T22:10:08","date_gmt":"2021-05-19T02:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1791065"},"modified":"2021-05-18T22:10:08","modified_gmt":"2021-05-19T02:10:08","slug":"google-maps-updates-at-google-i-o-apple-maps-additions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2021\/05\/google-maps-updates-at-google-i-o-apple-maps-additions\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Maps Updates at Google I\/O; Apple Maps Additions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.google\/products\/maps\/five-maps-updates-io-2021\/\">Google Maps-related announcements<\/a> at Google&rsquo;s I\/O 2021 keynote today include routing improvements to reduce hard braking, enhancements to Live View, expanding Google&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2020\/08\/google-adds-colour-and-detail-to-its-maps\/\">new detailed maps<\/a> to 50 cities, identifying crowded areas, and tailoring map data to time of day and whether you&rsquo;re travelling. <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.google\/products\/maps\/google-maps-101-ai-power-new-features-io-2021\/\">This post<\/a> takes a deeper dive on two of those upgrades. Coverage from the usual suspects: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/google-is-rolling-out-maps-improvements-to-the-benefit-of-drivers-and-pedestrians-alike-183243714.html\"><em>Engadget<\/em><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2021\/5\/18\/22442451\/google-maps-live-view-update-features-ai-ar\"><em>The Verge<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, recent additions to Apple Maps include <a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/articles\/21\/05\/05\/apple-maps-cycling-directions-expands-to-seattle\">cycling directions in Seattle<\/a> and Look Around imagery in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justinobeirne.com\/look-around-release-14\">Atlanta<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justinobeirne.com\/look-around-release-15\">Sendai and Kanazawa<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google Maps-related announcements at Google&rsquo;s I\/O 2021 keynote today include routing improvements to reduce hard braking, enhancements to Live View, expanding Google&rsquo;s new detailed maps to 50 cities, identifying crowded areas, and tailoring map data&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2021\/05\/google-maps-updates-at-google-i-o-apple-maps-additions\/\">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":[600,83,1514,462,82,260,508,102,308],"class_list":["post-1791065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-mobile","tag-apple","tag-apple-maps","tag-atlanta","tag-google","tag-google-maps","tag-ios","tag-iphone","tag-japan","tag-seattle","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1789480,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2020\/10\/apple-and-google-maps-updates\/","url_meta":{"origin":1791065,"position":0},"title":"Apple and Google Maps Updates","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"6 October 2020","format":"link","excerpt":"Apple Maps AppleInsider looks at how cycling directions work in iOS 14. 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These include (among others) OpenStreetMap, which posted a switching guide in June; Apple, which announced its API for websites that same month; and Here\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Industry&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Industry","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/industry\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1811995,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2023\/01\/online-map-roundup-for-january-2023\/","url_meta":{"origin":1791065,"position":2},"title":"Online Map Roundup for January 2023","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"25 January 2023","format":"link","excerpt":"Apple Maps Apple Maps now provides parking information for 8,000 locations in the U.S. and Canada. Apple also launched Business Connect, a tool for businesses to upload their information to be used by Apple\u2019s various apps: not just Maps, though that\u2019s obvious (and something Google has been offering for quite\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Mobile&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Mobile","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/mobile\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1789293,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2020\/09\/an-apple-and-google-maps-roundup\/","url_meta":{"origin":1791065,"position":3},"title":"An Apple and Google Maps Roundup","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"14 September 2020","format":"link","excerpt":"Google Maps is now available on the Apple Watch as of version 5.52 of the iPhone app. Meanwhile, more is emerging about the behind-the-scenes mapping efforts of both Google and Apple. Google is using machine learning to predict traffic flows and improve ETA estimates (Engadget, The Verge). More prosaically, 9to5\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Mobile&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Mobile","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/mobile\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Google Maps on the Apple Watch (screenshot)","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/google-maps-apple-watch-1024x294.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/google-maps-apple-watch-1024x294.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/google-maps-apple-watch-1024x294.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/google-maps-apple-watch-1024x294.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1787430,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2019\/06\/comparing-apple-maps-in-ios-13-to-google-maps\/","url_meta":{"origin":1791065,"position":4},"title":"Comparing Apple Maps in iOS 13 to Google Maps","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"14 June 2019","format":"link","excerpt":"Om Malik's take on the updates to Apple Maps: \"all it does is remind me of Bing\u2014an also-ran that can never catch up to Google.\" The WWDC hoopla around this tells me that Apple thinks of Apple Maps as an application, whereas in reality, maps are all about data\u2014something Google\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Mobile&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Mobile","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/mobile\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1790617,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2021\/04\/apple-and-google-updates-ai-improvements-airport-health-measures\/","url_meta":{"origin":1791065,"position":5},"title":"Apple and Google Updates: AI Improvements, Airport Health Measures","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"9 April 2021","format":"link","excerpt":"Last week Google announced \u201cover 100 AI-powered improvements to Google Maps\u201d would be coming this year; these include bringing Live View indoors, a new air quality map layer, eco-friendly routing, and support for curbside pickup in business listings. Meanwhile, Apple Maps is now displaying airport COVID-19-related health measures based on\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Health&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Health","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/health\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1791065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1791065"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1791065\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1791068,"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1791065\/revisions\/1791068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1791065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1791065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1791065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}