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i went searching for more info as i don't know much about all this, and found Apple is actually responsible for building the app, which is why so few of the ma
by andrewcooke 14y ago
i went searching for more info as i don't know much about all this, and found
Apple is actually responsible for building the app, which is why so few of the many advancements that have come to Google Maps on Android
at http://fury.com/2012/06/wills-and-wonts-at-WWDC-2012/ http://fury.com/2012/06/wills-and-wonts-at-WWDC-2012/
which no-one else seems to be mentioning (the implication seems to be that google made the ios app crappy on purpose, which the above seems to contradict).
- ceejayoz 14y agoWithout knowing the details of the Apple-Google contract, it's still hard to say. It's entirely possible that Google forbade use of directions for turn-by-turn navigation in it.
- tptacek 14y agoThat is what the WSJ reported.
- jws 14y agoI believe when the original contract was put in place, Google was licensing their street data from one of the GPS incumbents with a "no turn by turn" restriction. It was only later that Google made their own street data and could offer turn by turn. In that light, it makes sense that Apple's contract had the restriction.