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"Look around" and "street view" are a pretty big deal, I use that all the time. Or more specifically I use street view because it exists here. I know this is a
by wlesieutre 4y ago
"Look around" and "street view" are a pretty big deal, I use that all the time. Or more specifically I use street view because it exists here.
I know this is a pretty bay area centric site, but for most of the US Google has this feature and Apple still doesn't. Around 20 cities total, with a heavy concentration in California. For about of third of the states in the US they cover a single city, the majority of states they have nothing.
EDIT - what's particularly surprising to me is how thorough Apple's rollout has been in Canada compared to the US. They've got every city and every highway, as well as getting off the highway to drive tiny towns like Warren Ontario where the total points of interest are one fire hall, one post office, one cafe, one restaurant, one credit union, one mechanic, and one gas station.
https://duckduckgo.com/?va=j&t=hb&q=warren+ontario&ia=web&iaxm=maps https://duckduckgo.com/?va=j&t=hb&q=warren+ontario&ia=web&ia...
Why have they done so much in Canada, but are missing tons of major places in the US still? Houston but not Dallas or Austin, Miami but not Jacksonville or Orlando, Philly but not Pittsburgh, not Nashville or Memphis or Knoxville, not Colombus or Cleveland or Cincinnati. Not to mention the entire country outside of large cities.
Just makes me wonder what's going on over there. Did they drive a ton of miles and then realize their US cars were collecting defective data? Accidentally deleted a datacenter?
- GeekyBear 4y ago> Why have they done so much in Canada, but are missing tons of major places in the US still? >What seems to be happening is that there are actually two versions of Look Around. One version has POI labels,and the other does not. This suggests that it takes Apple much longer to process the Look Around imagery that has POIs. And it’s likely that during this same processing, Apple is also extracting other features from its imagery (like road markings and real-life building colors) that are, in turn, being used to generate the new “city experience”. In other words, Apple’s Look Around coverage in the U.S. and U.K. is so limited right now because Apple is likely still processing it and intends to show POI labels throughout both countries. https://www.justinobeirne.com/look-around-united-states-coverage-questions https://www.justinobeirne.com/look-around-united-states-cove...
- wlesieutre 4y agoInteresting. I wonder if this is preparing for a US-focused launch of their AR glasses. Disappointing because I'd like to have the non-POI version working and have no interest in a $2000 AR thing.
- GeekyBear 4y agoThe POI data, 3D map views and AR views derived from the data don't require AR glasses to view. https://youtu.be/SF37ZQ_ItNY?t=23 https://youtu.be/SF37ZQ_ItNY?t=23