Will there be a maps.apple.com? It resolves to maps.google.com now...

[smithrh]

Title says it all: wondering if Apple maps will extend past iOS and be accessible via the web.

Just for grins, I tried the URL maps.apple.com and it resolves (on all devices and browsers) to maps.google.com.

Not sure if that's new or old behavior...

 

[belvdr]

It's not resolving like that. The web site is redirecting.

nslookup maps.apple.com

Non-authoritative answer:
Name:    gsps28.isg-apple.com.akadns.net
Address:  17.174.2.104
Aliases:  maps.apple.com
          gsps28.ls.apple.com

I guess it is possible.

 

[robbieduncan]

Only with some work: Apple are using vectors for the maps (satellite imagery excluded) so it would take some effort to get those viewing correctly in a web browser

 

[smithrh]

Yeah, I should have edited "resolves" to "points to" but I'm lazy today... 😀

WRT vectors v. raster: I could envision Apple rasterizing tiles much like how Google and everyone else serves up maps today. Or, possibly there could be an app for Mac OS/Windows?

Just thinking out loud. It's certainly not something that screams out to exist, but it would be a bit odd - to me, anyways - to have to revert back to Google when on the desktop...