As I regularly need to look up places in East and South-East Asia through embedded GPS information while editing photos, I keep being reminded of the comprehensive uselessness of #applemaps in these regions.

A Thing That AI Could Actually Help With

Most of the “AI” and LLM things that dominate the zeitgeist lately are not designed to help people, contrary to the hype. They are designed to make filthy rich people richer, at any cost to society. So the lies about what they can actually do, told to the ignorant, are of malicious intent.

#AI #AppleMaps #DrivingDirections #GoogleMaps #LLM #Navigation #Siri

https://n0mql.com/a-thing-that-ai-could-actually-help-with/

Apple Maps: With iOS 26 & Co., the app can remember locations

Until now, users of Apple's Maps app have always had to mark locations themselves. However, privacy-friendly tracking is now on the way.

https://www.heise.de/en/news/Apple-Maps-With-iOS-26-Co-the-app-can-remember-locations-10488226.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

Apple Maps no longer marking the 407 ETR as a toll road.

P.S.: It’s still a toll motorway.

https://www.macrumors.com/2025/07/09/apple-maps-highway-407-etr-avoid-tolls-issue/
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Apple Maps ne marque plus l’autoroute 407 ETR comme une route à péage.

P.S.: C’est toujours une route à péage.

// Article en anglais //

How-To Geek: Apple Maps Is Getting an Upgrade for Hotels and Restaurants. “Apple Maps is making a major improvement by adding professional ratings and reviews from top experts in the industry. This should help separate Apple from Google since this will help people looking for high-quality reviews, not just user reviews.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/25/how-to-geek-apple-maps-is-getting-an-upgrade-for-hotels-and-restaurants/

Taking public transport? Apple Maps now supports transit directions in Malaysia #apple #applemalaysia #applemaps #applemapsmalaysia #apps #brt #bus #digitallife #featured #googlemaps #ktm #ktmets #ktmkomuter #lrt #lrtkelanajaya #lrtkelanajayaline #lrtmalaysia #monorail #mrt #mrt2 #mrt3 #mrt3circleline #mrtkajangline #mrtmalaysia #news #publictransport #publictransportmalaysia #tech #transport

https://soyacincau.com/2025/05/23/apple-maps-supports-transit-directions-malaysia-kl-penang-johor-bahru-jb/

Waving to AI: Apple camera car on the road again in Germany

Apple is now roaming Germany again with cars and camera backpacks. For the first time, the recordings are to be incorporated into AI training.

https://www.heise.de/en/news/Waving-to-AI-Apple-camera-car-on-the-road-again-in-Germany-10394733.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

https://www.europesays.com/de/133116/ Einmal der KI winken: Apple-Kamerawagen wieder in Deutschland unterwegs #AktuelleNachrichten #AktuelleNachrichtenAusDeutschland #AktuelleNews #AktuelleNewsAusDeutschland #Apple #AppleIntelligence #AppleKarten #AppleMaps #AppleUmsehen #DE #Deutschland #GenerativeAI #Germany #Headlines #IT #Kartendienste #KünstlicheIntelligenz #Mobiles #Nachrichten #NachrichtenAusDeutschland #News #NewsAusDeutschland #Schlagzeilen

ICYMI: Apple brings expert ratings to Maps with MICHELIN Guide integration https://ppc.land/apple-brings-expert-ratings-to-maps-with-michelin-guide-integration/ #AppleMaps #MICHELINGuide #Enhancements #RestaurantRatings #TravelApps

ICYMI: Apple brings expert ratings to Maps with MICHELIN Guide integration https://ppc.land/apple-brings-expert-ratings-to-maps-with-michelin-guide-integration/ #AppleMaps #MICHELINGuide #Foodie #Travel #RestaurantRecommendations

Apple brings expert ratings to Maps with MICHELIN Guide integration https://ppc.land/apple-brings-expert-ratings-to-maps-with-michelin-guide-integration/ #AppleMaps #MICHELINGuide #RestaurantRatings #Travel #Foodies

New in Apple Maps: Formula 1 in Monaco with advertising space

For the Grand Prix de Monaco, Apple adds a detailed view of the city-state with Formula 1 circuit – and uses the service for cross-promotion.

https://www.heise.de/en/news/New-in-Apple-Maps-Formula-1-in-Monaco-with-advertising-space-10383399.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

Driver misdirections: Why can’t Apple and Google read this sign in Arlington?

Machine vision has advanced immensely over the last decade, but Apple and Google’s map apps remain functionally illiterate when it comes to a big green sign at the top of an onramp to U.S. 50 eastbound from North Courthouse Road in Arlington.

That sign’s message is reasonably simple compared to some of the signage that I’ve seen:

NO ACCESS TO

     N Rolfe St
     N Rhodes St
     N Queen St

Those are the next three streets available at the next offramp east on 50, aka Arlington Boulevard, which starts just under 1,000 feet from the top of that offramp. The sign, apparently present since the reconstruction of this interchange in a less crash-inducing layout wrapped in 2014, is there to remind drivers that they have too little room to scoot from that left-lane onramp across three lanes of traffic to the right-lane exit.

Apple Maps and Google Maps, however, disagree despite presenting clear photos of this sign in their Look Around and Street View perspectives. Punch in driving directions from someplace west of that on-ramp to a location near that off-ramp, and these navigation apps will suggest this unwise routing as their first or second option.

I belated realized this error not because I was spot-checking directions in those apps, but because like a dope I followed Google’s advice—even though I should also know how to read big green signs by roads.

Realizing my mistake and Google’s led me to try to report the errant advice. But Google now makes that its own wayfinding adventure because you can’t report a problem in the Google Maps app for Android or iOS—you know, where you’d encounter incorrect directions in everyday use.

Instead, you have to recreate the directions in the desktop-Web version of Google Maps, click the “Details” link below the route and then click on the smallest text visible—the “Send Product Feedback” link at the bottom right corner—to see “Report a problem.”

To its credit, Apple Maps does let you flag incorrect routing in its iPhone app: Scroll down to the end of the faulty directions, tap “Report an Issue,” tap the step with the wrong turn, select the category of mistake, write your description and upload a photo if that can help make your case.

I’ve now done that in both Apple and Google Maps. But if this error really has lingered this many years, I’m not going to bank on getting a thank-you acknowledgment from either company next week. Or maybe ever.

Of the many less than useful suggestions #AppleMaps frequently offers as destinations, ‘Current Location’ has to take the cake.

https://www.europesays.com/uk/42624/ Apple Watch pros: When a smartwatch beats an iPhone #AppleMaps #ApplePay #AppleWatch #Gadgets #Siri #Technology #UK #UnitedKingdom

Jak #BigTech są zapatrzone w siebie. Dostałem pinezkę w #AppleMaps - i oczywiście #Apple twierdzi, że nie wspiera przeglądarki #Vivaldi. Dobra, sprawdzę #MicrosoftEdge - niestety to samo. Patrzę w info #Apple... no niby powinno działać... ale ale, ja mam Linux.... więc? Więc #Apple mnie wycina i mówi, że jestem zły. Więc #AgentSwitcher, zmieniam się w #windows10 i nagle cud!!!! Działa - a mogło działać od początku. Nie lubię takich działań. #OpenStrettMap tak nie robi - po prostu działa...

9to5 Mac: Apple Maps on the web leaves beta, now works on mobile devices . “Apple last year introduced a beta version of Apple Maps on the web, which allowed users of other platforms to access the company’s mapping service for the first time. However, Apple Maps on the web was labeled as ‘beta’ — until now. And as the platform is no longer beta, it has also gained support for mobile […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/12/9to5-mac-apple-maps-on-the-web-leaves-beta-now-works-on-mobile-devices/