{"id":1808576,"date":"2022-08-15T20:13:35","date_gmt":"2022-08-16T00:13:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1808576"},"modified":"2022-08-15T20:13:35","modified_gmt":"2022-08-16T00:13:35","slug":"online-map-roundup-for-august-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2022\/08\/online-map-roundup-for-august-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Online Map Roundup for August 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Google Maps sends people looking for abortion providers to so-called crisis pregnancy centres, which discourage the procedure, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/graphics\/2022-google-search-abortion-clinic-crisis-pregnancy-center\/\"><em>Bloomberg<\/em> reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Also in <em>Bloomberg<\/em>, Mark Gurman discusses <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/newsletters\/2022-08-14\/apple-aapl-set-to-expand-advertising-bringing-ads-to-maps-tv-and-books-apps-l6tdqqmg\">Apple\u2019s plans to expand its advertising business<\/a>, which apparently includes adding ads to Apple Maps.<\/p>\n<p>Apple\u2019s cycling maps <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justinobeirne.com\/apple-maps-cycling-directions-50-states\">now include Hawaii<\/a>, and its detailed 3D cities <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justinobeirne.com\/apple-releases-detailed-city-experience-for-atlanta-seattle-miami\">now include Atlanta, Miami and Seattle<\/a>. They\u2019re also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justinobeirne.com\/new-apple-maps-israel-palestine-saudi-arabia-testing\">testing their upgraded maps in Israel, Palestine and Saudi Arabia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Google Maps updates <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.google\/products\/maps\/three-new-maps-updates-to-help-plan-your-next-adventure\/\">outlined in a blog post last month<\/a> include cycling route information, location sharing, and photorealistic aerial views of major landmarks.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2022\/07\/19\/instagram-new-searchable-map-experience\/\">Instagram announced a searchable map feature<\/a> last month, expanding its map feature beyond geolocating posts. This, after a Google VP noted that <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2022\/07\/12\/google-exec-suggests-instagram-and-tiktok-are-eating-into-googles-core-products-search-and-maps\/\">young users are using apps and TikTok for discovery purposes<\/a> rather than Google\u2019s Search or Maps. You wouldn\u2019t think that Instagram and TikTok qualify as map apps, but the street finds its uses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google Maps sends people looking for abortion providers to so-called crisis pregnancy centres, which discourage the procedure, Bloomberg reports. Also in Bloomberg, Mark Gurman discusses Apple\u2019s plans to expand its advertising business, which apparently includes&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2022\/08\/online-map-roundup-for-august-2022\/\">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":[600,83,1514,462,82,46,609,1431,603,1588,308,349,1587],"class_list":["post-1808576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-mobile","tag-apple","tag-apple-maps","tag-atlanta","tag-google","tag-google-maps","tag-instagram","tag-israel","tag-miami","tag-palestine","tag-saudi-arabia","tag-seattle","tag-social-media","tag-tiktok","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1791065,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2021\/05\/google-maps-updates-at-google-i-o-apple-maps-additions\/","url_meta":{"origin":1808576,"position":0},"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. This post takes a deeper dive on\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":1787430,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2019\/06\/comparing-apple-maps-in-ios-13-to-google-maps\/","url_meta":{"origin":1808576,"position":1},"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":1789480,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2020\/10\/apple-and-google-maps-updates\/","url_meta":{"origin":1808576,"position":2},"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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Google Maps Google\u2019s official blog details updates to Live\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":1786361,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2018\/10\/a-google-maps-roundup-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":1808576,"position":3},"title":"A Google Maps Roundup","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"3 October 2018","format":"link","excerpt":"The Verge\u2019s Dan Seifert tries out Google Maps and Waze on CarPlay, and concludes that \"neither Google Maps or Waze are particularly compelling compared to their Android Auto counterparts or even Apple\u2019s own Maps app.\" The unkindest cut: \"If I\u2019m traveling somewhere unfamiliar, Apple Maps is just more reliable to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Mobile&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Mobile","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/mobile\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/google-maps-ios-icon-150x150.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5394,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2012\/09\/apple-google-map-kremlinology\/","url_meta":{"origin":1808576,"position":4},"title":"Apple-Google Maps Kremlinology","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"28 September 2012","format":"link","excerpt":"Details continue to emerge, as details tend to do, about how and why Apple replaced Google with its own maps in iOS 6. 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