Redesigned Apple Maps Expands to Canada

[MacRumors]

Apple's redesigned Maps app is now available in Canada following a test of the feature that kicked off back in October. The Canadian expansion comes 11 months after Apple finished the rollout of the revamped Maps app in the United States.

Image via Justin O'Beirne​

The launch of the redesigned Maps app in Canada was shared by Justin O'Beirne, who follows Apple's work on the Maps app, and it was highlighted by Apple in an announcement. The expansion to Canada is Apple's largest Maps expansion to date, and Canada is the fourth country to get the new design.

"With Apple Maps, we have created the best and most private maps app on the planet and we are excited to bring this experience to our users in Canada," said Eddy Cue, Apple’s senior vice president of Internet Software and Services. "We have rebuilt Apple Maps from the ground up to provide better navigation, richer detail, more accurate information for places, and incredible features like Look Around, curated Guides from trusted sources, and much more. Now it is easier than ever for users in Canada to explore and navigate the world."

O'Beirne says that this is likely Apple's last Maps expansion of the year, and he also shares some other fun facts. Apple's new map now overs 12.5 percent of Earth's land area, and more than 440 million people or 5.7 percent of the global population. Screenshots of the new maps in Canada can be found on his website.

Image via Justin O'Beirne​

Along with the United States and Canada, the new Maps app is available in Ireland and the UK.

Apple's redesigned Maps app was first introduced in iOS 12, and since then, the Cupertino company has been working on expanding it. The updated Maps app offers up faster and more accurate navigation along with more detailed views of roads, buildings, parks, airports, malls, sports fields, foliage, pools, pedestrian pathways, bodies of water, and more.

Today's update brings Look Around to Canada, allowing Maps users in Canada to see street-level imagery with 3D photography. Look Around is available in cities like Calgary, Montreal, Toronto, and Vancouver, as well as parts of Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, and more.

Also new in Canada is support for Guides, the iOS 14 feature that offers up a curated list of interesting places to visit within a city.

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[Mayo86]

Well, it's aboot time, eh?

 

[JosepPont]

Always that I read a post that start with the word 'Redesigned' I have a micro heart attack

 

[Darkwalker]

Well, it's aboot time, eh?

Really?

 

[brar.arsh]

I still see the old maps on iPhone 12 Pro Max running iOS 14.3

 

[iapplelove]

Apple still is into making maps?

 

[timd.mackey]

I still see the old maps on iPhone 12 Pro Max running iOS 14.3

Same here, iOS 14.2. I guess we have to be patient until they finish rolling it out to everyone.

 

[jerryk]

So on Apple Maps Vancouver and Toronto are the only 2 cities in Canada?

 

[CarlJ]

Misread the title, minus a word, as, “Redesigned Apple Maps Expands Canada”. Was pretty impressed, until I read it again.

 

[coolfactor]

So on Apple Maps Vancouver and Toronto are the only 2 cities in Canada?

And North America is gone, apparently!

 

[coolfactor]

I'm sure there are lots of finesse improvements, measurement accuracies, etc. But I do prefer the higher contrast of the older map (when looking at the screenshots above). The more detailed maps don't have as defined edges making it more "blurry" to browse.

EDIT: As I look at it more, there's definitely enough improvements to label the new maps "better".

Now to go try out the new and improved Siri!

 

[warp9]

So on Apple Maps Vancouver and Toronto are the only 2 cities in Canada?

Yes, and in between them is a giant notch, but at least the bezels are gone.

 

[Gasu E.]

So on Apple Maps Vancouver and Toronto are the only 2 cities in Canada?

"Look Around is available in cities like Calgary, Montreal, Toronto, and Vancouver, as well as parts of Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, and more." So also Calgary and Montreal, as well as cities like those, whichever those are. But not, apparently, cities unlike Calgary, Montreal, Toronto, and Vancouver.

 

[PsykX]

Well, it's aboot time, eh?

I'm in Canada, I don't really hear people speak English in my day to day life, but I can tell you I've never really heard anyone say "aboot" and "eh".

Where does that stereotype come from?

 

[DeepIn2U]

Always that I read a post that start with the word 'Redesigned' I have a micro heart attack

Riight?!

Especially since Apple has dropped 'North America' from the old map. I guess being a USA company means you can claim Canada as part of the USA and not understand that 'America' is a continent, not a country and that there is 2 America's - North and South.

Glaring omission.

 

[9927036]

Riight?!

Especially since Apple has dropped 'North America' from the old map. I guess being a USA company means you can claim Canada as part of the USA and not understand that 'America' is a continent, not a country and that there is 2 America's - North and South.

Glaring omission.

But North America is on the current map. Is that right? I am seeing it on 14.2.

 

[9927036]

Apple still is into making maps?

The whole of Canada is pale green. In winter? Where is all the snow?

 

[midkay]

Fantastic. I love Apple’s look-around experience, I find it a big step up over Street View. These steady improvements over the years feel to me like they’re slowly adding up into an increasingly competitive product. I could see them overtaking Google Maps at some point, but it will still be a good while.

 

[9927036]

Fantastic. I love Apple’s look-around experience, I find it a big step up over Street View. These steady improvements over the years feel to me like they’re slowly adding up into an increasingly competitive product. I could see them overtaking Google Maps at some point, but it will still be a good while.

Look Around is really well done. Google Maps has so much more useful information on it's maps though. And the shading on Google Maps is much nicer IMHO.

 

[iSkippy]

This past summer I saw one of the mapping vehicles, a white Subaru Impreza hatchback, stopped at an intersection as I drove past. Soon as I saw Look Around was live, I went to that intersection and, sure enough, there’s my car.

And I’m in neither Toronto or Vancouver; I’m in Guelph, about an hour’s drive from Toronto.

 

[mariusfanu]

I hope EU is next 🚀

 

[Canyda]

Have given Look Around a look... um ... around in Edmonton and it's quite impressive.

 

[ryanflanders256]

Canada is a beautiful country.

 

[Vjosullivan]

The whole of Canada is pale green. In winter? Where is all the snow?

It must be global warming. Vegetation in arctic Canada seems to have moved north several thousand miles, too.

 

[9927036]

It must be global warming. Vegetation in arctic Canada seems to have moved north several thousand miles, too.

You're right. Look at Greenland. Half of it is dark green. I think Apple should label all the areas affected by global warming.