Map Apps - Google Introduce Offline Function as Apple Begin to Catch Up
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| thoughtwiremarketing.com |
Now Google have announced that the already impressive app will soon be equipped with an offline function, enabling users to access much of the route information they need in places without internet access, like the underground or on a plane. Even if you find yourself in need of driving directions in a relatively remote area (and don't have a satnav), it should keep working, thereby saving you from a disconcerting encounter with a local gentleman with worryingly large sideburns and a shotgun cradled in his arm.
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| businessinsider.com |
The rival tech company have been overhauling their native mapping software for the better part of 3 years and thus far it hasn't given Google much to worry about, but that might soon change. Unlike Google, Apple's mapping data is largely drawn from third party supporters, but rumor has it that Apple are starting to build and test their first, fully fledged in-house mapping database.
Apple-branded vans have been seen scuttling around major cities building up a photographic catalog. Primarily, they are taking storefront images to replace the data already provided by Yelp, but they may well also be developing a street-view function of their own to rival Google's. Better public transport information is also expected to be added to the app when the iOS 9 update drops a few months from now and the mapping data has become much more readily available to third party app developers.
This may well develop into a full-on arms race between the two companies, but it will take time for Apple to develop their database enough that they can start worrying about adding things that Google don't have, rather than just playing catch-up.
Callum Davies
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