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No, they still can't because it reproduces functionality of the OS. They could provide just navigation, but if they ported the Google Maps app to iOS, it's very
by chrisrhoden 14y ago
No, they still can't because it reproduces functionality of the OS. They could provide just navigation, but if they ported the Google Maps app to iOS, it's very likely that it will be rejected for the same reason that a port of Chrome would.
- hej 14y agoUhm, it’s Google that doesn’t allow turn-by-turn navigation, not Apple. I bet Apple would be delighted if they could.
- sirn 14y agoPort of Chrome would be rejected for completely different reason: Apple disallows downloading and executing dynamic code from internet unless they're executed by Safari's JavaScript engine. This is not the case with Map. There's already a lot of GPS apps with different map data than the one in Maps app.
- Karunamon 14y agoNot true, as the other apps already have a very, very similar mapping function (MotionX especially, if you don't spring for the turn-by-turn option)