Apple Maps Transit Directions Start Rolling Out in Madrid

[MacRumors]

Apple recently updated its Maps app to add transit directions and data for Madrid, Spain, one of the cities where hints of transit support first surfaced months ago.

When searching for directions in Madrid, transit options that include the Empresa Municipal de Transportes de Madrid bus line, the Cercanías Madrid, and the Madrid Metro are now available. Madrid does not, however, have full transit routes visible in the Maps app as of yet, so transit support is still rolling out.

Transit directions were first added to Apple Maps in 2015 as part of iOS 9. At launch, transit information was only available in a handful of cities, but Apple has been working hard to expand the feature to additional locations. Transit information is now live in dozens of cities and countries around the world, with a full list available on Apple's iOS 10 Feature Availability website.

Other cities that could soon gain transit support based on transit station outlines Apple has added include Perth, Australia; Las Vegas, Nevada; Phoenix, Arizona; Rome, Italy; Taiwan; and several German states, including Hamburg, Bremen, Niedersachsen, and Schleswig-Holstein.

Other recent transit rollouts include The Netherlands, Paris, Singapore, and Adelaide, Australia.

(Thanks, Álvaro!)

Article Link: Apple Maps Transit Directions Start Rolling Out in Madrid

 

[macs4nw]

Hard to fathom how much work all these Maps/Transit directions all over the world entail, considering accuracy is a prime consideration. Having said that.... Portugal is on my bucket list, Apple..... please.

 

[alayal]

it is fully available now

 

[patjem]

Great news. Hopefully barcelona will follow soon

 

[truthertech]

Hard to fathom how much work all these Maps/Transit directions all over the world entail, considering accuracy is a prime consideration. Having said that.... Portugal is on my bucket list, Apple..... please.

Here's why. This is a great article that explains why Apple doesn't simply throw the switch and turn on transit directions all at once like they could if they wanted to simply import the providers data ala Google. But Google has been criticized for the inaccuracy of its transit, and Apple wanted a much better experience.

http://appleinsider.com/articles/16/07/07/why-apples-transit-maps-are-rolling-out-so-slowly

 

[DaveWil]

Unless there is a way to offline maps this feature is not much value to me in Madrid. I use t-mobile and have free 512k data so downloading maps all the time is painful. Google does a good job in Madrid, not as good as Barcelona, but acceptable.