Apple will have its own maps. It wants that mobile revenue.
Think about this. Your top tier spenders are iPhone users no doubt. They use iPhone to locate places they are going to visit. Apple wants a piece of that pie.
Also the icon has always been "Maps". If they switch to Apple for the source it wont change too much, might add some features.
Also, i dont know what the user agreement is, but wouldnt it be funny if Apple used annonymous data collected from our phones to show advertisers/sponsors?
"1 in 4 users will goto the first results they find on Maps. We know because their phone generates a location to us so we know they arrived"
We have yelp and other resource apps to use, based on a peer review basis to bring up map locations.
You can't corner (excuse the pun) the street market.
As far as anonymous data collection, you can false locate your iPhone's location, for your privacy, to Death Valley, for example, to throw them (whoever they are) off course.
Apple is out to get back the money they've been allowing Google to obtain through Google Maps.. Using Bimg would not help any. It would be like replacing Safari with Internet Explorer. Apple and others want business/money that can be obtained through 'their' products and services. Letting a competitor run your business isn't best for business.
Apple is out to get back the money they've been allowing Google to obtain through Google Maps.. Using Bimg would not help any. It would be like replacing Safari with Internet Explorer. Apple and others want business/money that can be obtained through 'their' products and services. Letting a competitor run your business isn't best for business.
This thread you bumped is from 2009, long before the announcement of Apple maps.
Originally Posted by GarageBattle
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