Apple Maps Introduces Transit Data for Denver, Colorado

[Creek0512]

Considering they've already added all of the most complex transit systems in North America, Apple should be able to expand their transit coverage in the rest of North America fairly quickly going forward, as they have already been doing the last few months.

I wonder if this is why they haven't added any new cities in Europe since September, because most of their transit systems are much more complex than say Denver, so it takes a lot more work before it's ready with all of the features Apple is wanting to include.

I can understand Apple's strategy in one way as viewing the situation as people are already not using Apple Maps for transit directions. So, if Apple's goal is to win people over to Apple Maps when they do add transit directions in a new city, they want to make sure they leap frog ahead of the competition and offer a better experience.

 

[techtruther]

Folks don't understand that millions are already covered by AM Transit. Each "city" is actually a large region with probably close to a thousand cities with over a hundred million covered, e.g., in "Seattle" region transit is entirely covered with almost 4 million people.
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"Over 20 cities in the world..."

Consider my mind blown! That part time intern hired by Apple to manually fill up the Maps DB is clearly paying for itself.

Sorry, but you don't understand how this works. Each "city" is actually a large metro region. There are well over a hundred million people already covered by AM transit with many more cities covered than the fifty listed.

 

[Fzang]

It says a lot about China's communist government in that all of their transit infrastructure is centralized, so Apple only had to add support for 1 system to support all of those cities.

What are you talking about? You need a different public transport card for every city in China. The lines are different colors. The logos are different. The layouts are different.

They probably got a pile of state-approved mapping data that they could choose to use, or not map China at all.

 

[Karma*Police]

Agreed. And this is what apple is doing, focuses where the most profit is to be made. Im just pointing out that from TC bowing in the keynotes, to launching more and more stores in China, China is its number one target.

Yep, though I wouldn't characterize it as bowing, but rather, recognizing that China is its 2nd largest market and will most likely be its number 1 market soon.

 

[MH01]

Yep, though I wouldn't characterize it as bowing, but rather, recognizing that China is its 2nd largest market and will most likely be its number 1 market soon.

Well I want him to come out and slam back a can of beer to recognise us Australians!!!

 

[parseckadet]

Looking at Maps on my iPhone, they didn't just add Denver, it looks like they've added transit directions for the entire Front Range, including Boulder, Fort Collins and Colorado Springs.

Sadly Colorado Springs seems to get the fuzzy end of the lollipop again. The have stops for the commuter bus to Denver, but not local bus routes. Then again, Colorado Springs's bus system is pretty much just an afterthought anyway.

 

[Creek0512]

Sadly Colorado Springs seems to get the fuzzy end of the lollipop again. The have stops for the commuter bus to Denver, but not local bus routes. Then again, Colorado Springs's bus system is pretty much just an afterthought anyway.

Not so fast!

 

[parseckadet]

Not so fast!

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Yeah, I see it now. Really odd, they seem to have three different... things... named "Downtown Terminal." One is the regional bus stop, one is a separate bus stop, with all the local routes on it, and the third is a transit center with no routes at all. All within half a block of each other. That's not confusing at all.

 

[hagar]

I just read that Transit doesn't offer live data, and is only showing scheduled hours. Is this true??

If true, this is completely useless. In Belgium (the country, not the non-existing city Trump is referring to ;-) ) public transit is always on strike or delayed, so without live data, the feature is useless. I know, I don't have to worry about this too much as Apple will probably introduce Transit over here in 2034, but is this true?