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Revamped Apple Maps Expands to the Southeast and Central United States [Updated]
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Washington DC hasn’t been updated.... no look around and no enhanced satellite imagery
Why’s everyone getting bent out of shape that an American company focused on American first?
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How do you know if it’s the new maps?
Outside cities, or at distant zoom levels, the biggest telltale sign is vast areas of shaded vegetation. Inside cities, better telltale signs are shaded football fields, tracks, baseball fields, swimming pools, etc., though there’s also some vegetation shading (just less of it because, well, buildings).
If it’s not inside a city and you see vast expanses of the standard off-white background, then the area doesn’t have the new map.
Nope, but what you can do is to add the control centre widget for dark mode, which make it much easier to switch by just dragging down and clicking on it.
Washington, D.C. was updated on September 30th.
Look Around is only available in a few metro areas at this time:
- Hawaii (Island of O'ahu) - Added June 3, 2019
- Las Vegas metro area - Added June 3, 2019
- San Francisco/San Jose metro area - Added June 3, 2019
- Los Angeles metro area - Added September 30, 2019
- New York City metro Area - Added September 30, 2019
- Houston - Added November 18, 2019
- Santa Cruz, CA - Added December 18, 2019
I'm not sure what you're talking about when you say "enhanced satellite imagery".
Boo. iOS needs a way to enable/disable dark mode on a per-app basis for pre-installed native apps.
You left out building outlines. Outside of large cities, outlines didn't exist for most buildings (stores, houses, etc.).
For instance, none of my iOS devices have the last update yet, so there are very few buildings in my area that can be seen without switching to satellite view.
They're not getting bent out of shape, they are just sarcastically commenting on the article title claiming that the rollout was completed.
Back during the 13.0 betas I filed a suggestion to at least allow disabling the dark map like you can on macOS. Hopefully they’ll get to it eventually; I fully agree that the dark map is harder to read.
Oh yes, that, too.
Exactly...Apple doesn’t bother with neighborhoods, secondary streets with so little data it’s not worth putting “green.”
Google uses the identical method of collecting the data with the additional “benefit” of predicted traffic patterns based on their algorithm. Like Apple’s clear (non-green) roads, Google shows green in the majority of roads and it NEVER changes. It’s really a false sense of “no traffic.” Of course I don’t have traffic in my neighborhood or any of the surrounding neighborhoods. Do I really need a green road to tell me that?
The problem I see on Google Maps all the time is that nearly every intersection in my area shows red simply because cars stop at rep lights. Apple will only show red there when the traffic is built up enough to miss normal light cycles.
I use Apple Maps every day (in Michigan usually...maybe not the best example of constant or varying traffic), but it has been dead on for both medium (orange) or heavy (red) traffic.
I also travel quite a bit to NYC, Philly, Boston...always spot on there as well.
It’s a preference thing for sure...and like you said, traffic reports on the news LOVE to show green like Google Maps has for years to show the “traffic” is moving. I prefer to see traffic, not lack of it.
You're making an erroneous assumption.
There are parts of two highways which fall within the default view of the map around my house. They pretty much always have enough traffic for meaningful data, and knowing the status of traffic on those highways is important. With Google maps, I can immediately see if they're flowing well or not. With Apple maps, you can't tell right away whether they're flowing well or the map just doesn't have data yet - per my original comment.
And I’m telling you that with Google, green can mean “no data”...red or yellow OR GREEN can mean “we think there may or may not be traffic there because historical data is used to fill in the gaps.”
If you prefer the graphic representation of Google traffic, then fine. But that’s your preference.
There are certainly examples on BOTH sides where traffic data doesn’t match reality, but generally speaking, they are usually identical in my experience with the only difference being how it is shown on the map.
Being completely serious: have you ever been thoroughly tested for color-blindness? There are some less common types and a range of variations that can make distinguishing certain colors almost impossible. Just a thought, because the roads aren’t slightly less light yellow on a light yellow background; they’re actually a more yellow color, outlined in orange to increase contrast. But yes, on a yellowish gray background. Agree it hardly pops, but it’s far from unreadable (to me).
PS Lack of contrast is hard to read/fatiguing. There are websites I won’t even bother with because they use a light gray text on a somewhat darker gray background, or almost as bad, a dark gray on even darker gray background. No, Mr/Ms graphic designer, I don’t think the website you designed looks modern. And no, it’s not high-end or classy. It’s unusable.
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I hate to be that guy, but we have one more year left in the decade. We went through this at the turn of the millennium.
We started at year 1 through 10. Year 11 is the next decade. And so on and so forth.
We started at year 1 through 10. Year 11 is the next decade. And so on and so forth.
The new maps are very impressive, especially during navigations. And new prompts like “at the stop sign, turn right” is a nice touch.
Yes, but only sort of. The precise definition is neither used nor useful in standard English. When you speak of the decade of the Roaring 20's you don't mean 1921 thru 1930. A decade as used in common English is defined by the 2nd digit, not a span of years on a calendar that started on 1/1/2001
And Pluto is a planet, dammit! And get those kids off my lawn!
IDK, I've had the updated maps for a few days and that site didn't have any mention until this news broke.Just a littleOr at least a bit of a clarification.
I always check this page for the best maps information. According to this site, they're just in testing, so some will see the changes, sone won't. So, the data capture may be considered complete, but the rollout is not complete until everyone has it.
Apple’s New Map, Expansion #7: Final Parts of the Continental U.S.
www.justinobeirne.com
FWIW, the new maps look fantastic in CarPlay.
Actually, his site was updated back on December 18th when the new area was first released and then pulled off later that same day.
I’m hoping MacRumors knows something we don’t as this headline is definitely misleading since every device I’ve checked does NOT have the new area.
The author should proofread the following several sentences, because it plainly actually means that Apple did not make good on the promise.
"Apple has made good on that promise with the rollout of the new mapping terrain to large swathes of the United States, and the updated Maps are now available across most of the country. It could still take some time for all users in the Central and Southeastern areas of the U.S. to see the new content."
"Apple has made good on that promise with the rollout of the new mapping terrain to large swathes of the United States, and the updated Maps are now available across most of the country. It could still take some time for all users in the Central and Southeastern areas of the U.S. to see the new content."
Apple is a global company, fact.
But, I do understand Apple needs to start somewhere, they can't update Maps in the whole world instantly.
if you compare the satellite images for either New York or San Francisco with Washington DC, DC does not have the same level of detail, you cannot zoom in at the same level, and in 3D you cannot change the viewing angle.
as to dark mode, it’s more of a CarPlay issue for me. I drive with my lights on during the day which triggers dark mode. If I zoom out to look for slow or stopped traffic ahead, the traffic information disappears...
But that’s exactly what he said...the update schedule is for the Apple owned data and does not necessarily apply to satellite images, Look Around, etc.
In fact, many of the new maps areas still have dated 2D satellite images while some in the old maps areas have had 3D “flyover” satellite imagery for years.
New Maps areas include Apple owned road data and non-satellite 2D/3D building imagery. Look Around, Stop sign/traffic light and updated satellite imagery implementation are separate layers being added as completed (hopefully really soon).