Maps app Apple shows the Netherlands and Belgium in more detail
Maps, Apple’s navigation app and counterpart to Google Maps, has been updated. Users in the Netherlands jointly developed Belgium, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg and Switzerland about maps that are available and contain more details. According to Apple, navigation has also become faster.
A fundamental improvement is that buildings, parks, airports and shopping centers, among other things, are shown in more detail. Sights in the five aforementioned countries, such as the Grand Ducal Palace in Luxembourg, the NEMO Science Museum in Amsterdam and the castles of Bellinzona (Switzerland) can be viewed in 3D.
Support for transit users
Thanks to the update, public transport users can more easily find changed stations and lock frequently used lines. iPhone users who run iOS 16 as the operating system can also immediately see what the travel costs are, and put their public transport subscription in Wallet and view their balance and additionally.
Also new is Siri Natural Language Guidance. This feature of Apple’s voice assistant, according to the manufacturer, provides directions that sound more natural and are easier to follow, using ‘Turn left at the next traffic light’. It’s also become easier to report an accident, danger or speed trap by just saying to Siri “There’s been an accident” or “There’s something on the road.” Lane guidance, on the other hand, guides drivers back into the correct lane as they approach their turn – preventing them from making a late turn.
Maps is available on iPhone, iPad, Mac computers and Apple Watch, and in the car via CarPlay. With iOS 16, the app can be used to schedule up to fifteen stops. Routes you create on your computer are automatically synced from Mac to iPhone when it’s time to go.
Privacy
Finally, Apple follows the privacy features of the Maps app. For example, logging in is not necessary, and personalized functions (such as a suggested departure time for the next appointment) use machine learning on the device itself. Search terms, navigation routes, traffic information and the like are linked to identical identification codes that are reset regularly, so that this data cannot be linked to a recognizable user on the server.
To obscure a user’s location on Apple’s servers, Maps takes discussion one step further, through the actual fuzzing. This means that the individual location where the search is performed will be converted to a less accurate location within 24 hours.
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