Only a few weeks ago, Apple and Google have officially renewing the partnership aims to bring online research, and service mapping of the territory made in Mountain View, on the devices equipped with IOS 5 . The entries concerning the possibility that in the Cupertino labs you are still working to develop its own platform for the maps are not, however, never been denied, and are even strengthened by some references unearthed among the legal notices of the new operating system.
In Section Map Data , as reported by the Forum of MacRumors , a list of companies engaged in this sector. Among these CoreLogic, Getchee, Increment P Corp, Localeze, MapData Sciences Pty Ltd. Inc., DMTI, TomTom, Urban Mapping and Waze.
Some of the reality in question operate locally, providing coverage of specific areas, other services geolocation to search for points of interest or business, while others, such as in the case of TomTom , do not need no introduction being one of the best known brands in the vehicle navigation.
Urban Mapping , in particular, is dedicated to providing information such as coordinates of places to visit, shops, restaurants and much more, in order to enrich the user experience and meet the needs of users, while Waze has launched in recent years application for smartphones that can allow drivers to generate and share information on traffic in real time.
Ultimately, all clues seem to suggest as Apple has never abandoned the idea of developing its own solution for mapping and navigation , as is already rumored several times over the past year, during the acquisition of Placebase Poly9 and brought to term from the California company.
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