Evidence of Apple Maps for OS X Shows Up in iOS 6 Beta

[Apple Knowledge Navigator]

Maps and iBooks would certainly be welcome additions to OS X. In particular, the latter would be nice because although PDF reading is great with Preview, you don't have a personalised library per sé. If I had a bookshelf like in iBooks where I could view all my PDF's easier, then University research would have been a bit more interesting!

 

[Mr. Retrofire]

Your link says otherwise

You should read the article:

...
In January 2010, the Clarkdale and Arrandale processors were released with HD Graphics, and branded as Celeron, Pentium, or Core.

In January 2011, the Sandy Bridge processors were released introducing the "second generation" HD Graphics:

HD Graphics 2000 (6 execution units)
HD Graphics 3000 (12 execution units)

On April 24, 2012, the Ivy Bridge was released introducing the "third generation" HD Graphics:[1]

HD Graphics 2500 (6 execution units)
HD Graphics 4000 (16 execution units)

So the only excluded architectures are Clarkdale and Arrandale.

 

[FoxMcCloud]

Bing Maps app on Windows 8 is pretty awesome so I expect nothing less than an equivalent on Mac OSX.

 

[goMac]

The iOS simulator doesn't support the Mac's GPU, last I checked, so this likely doesn't have much to do with the simulator.

 

[mex4eric]

iMaps

Could be good for Contacts and iPhoto locations, but also as a stand alone app.

 

[justperry]

The thing confusing me is the fact that they've added the motorway names in Green. Only A roads and are written with green signage in the UK. Our motorway signage is blue and looks kinda confusing from a distance. Sure it'll be addressed in final release.

Yup, typical (US)Apple centered ignorance.

I am pretty sure most of Europe the signs are blue, it wouldn't be to hard to change the colors.
Most of their IOS Gadgets are sold outside of the states and as I said before Apple should act more like an international company but over and over again they neglect that fact.(Example - Siri)

 

[Reason077]

For me once the 3D mode has fully loaded up its perfectly smooth on my 4S and iPad no issue in terms of lag nice and fluid just takes a few seconds to fully load.

It's fine in the pure satellite view mode (including the cities that are in 3D). But put it in hybrid mode, in a big city like London, and it slows to a crawl (at least on the iPad 2). Map mode isn't so bad, but its still noticeably slower than the classic Maps app.

Only a few places are 3D. So far i've found San Fran, Sydney and Chicago.

AFAIK, the full list of cities that support 3D in the current beta is:

San Francisco
Cupertino
Los Angeles
Chicago
Montreal
Sydney

Its only gonna keep getting better, I can imagine in time everywhere will be pretty much 3D. Well whats relevant to be in 3D.

The 3D feature is a bit like those augmented reality apps. It certainly looks cool and it's fun to play with, but I don't know how useful it'll actually be. Are you going to pull out your iPhone and go to 3D mode to find your way to a restaurant or a train station? I think for most users the basic maps are more important to get right, and Apple still have a lot of work to do on this front.

 

[Anonymous Freak]

1. maps.apple.com is not a domain, it is a sub-domain.
2. Apple Maps on (Mac) OS X makes no sense without 3G/4G data connections and without (A-)GPS. And that is exactly the situation.

Apple Maps as a dedicated app, correct.

However Apple Maps API... iPhoto already uses a map service, and other apps do, too. Having a quality one built-in to the OS available for any app that wants to draw a map is great.