{"id":631,"date":"2024-12-19T05:46:29","date_gmt":"2024-12-19T05:46:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/?p=631"},"modified":"2024-12-19T05:46:29","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T05:46:29","slug":"apple-maps-just-got-a-big-upgrade-to-rival-google-maps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/2024\/12\/19\/apple-maps-just-got-a-big-upgrade-to-rival-google-maps\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Maps just got a big upgrade to rival Google Maps"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Apple’s take on Street View comes to browsers<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Apple finallybrought Apple Maps to web browsersback in June, allowing people without iPhones or Macs to access its navigation system for the very first time. That version ofApple Mapswas a bit limited since it was still in beta, but now it\u2019s received a usefulGoogle Maps-inspired upgrade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apple has added the Look Around feature to Apple Maps on the web. For those that aren\u2019t familiar with Apple Maps, it’s basically Apple\u2019s take onGoogle Street View\u2014 letting you view different locations from street level. Of course, it\u2019s not available in every location, and the system isn\u2019t quite as intuitive as what Street View has to offer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While Google Maps lets you click specific areas, or drag the yellow Pin man onto the map to load up Street View, Apple\u2019s system is different. So long as you\u2019re looking at a city with Look Around support, you have to keep an eye out for a set of binoculars in the bottom left. Clicking that starts Look Around\u2019s pop-up window that superimposes the street view onto the map.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It works much the same way as Google\u2019s Street View, letting you spin around 360 degrees and click locations in the distance to travel there. Alternatively, you can move the large map around if you want a little more control over where you end up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I managed to get Look Around up and running in GoogleChromeon Windows, and it seems to be working pretty well. However, it did take me a hot minute to figure out how I was supposed to get started since Apple just expects you to know what to do. The only real downside is that Look Around is a lot more limited than Street View, which has almost the entire world covered in some shape or form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Only select cities in the U.S., Canada, EU, U.K. and New Zealand are supported, and Apple has afull list<\/u><\/a>on its website. But this won\u2019t stop you from wandering those virtual streets in Look Around when you live elsewhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whether Apple will expand Look Around in the future isn\u2019t clear, but it has promised to improve the beta version of Apple Maps Web. Support for more features, platforms and languages will apparently happen, which hopefully means that Apple Maps will finally come to Android in some form in the near future. While loyal Android users may be appalled at the idea, it\u2019s always better to have options beyond thetwo big Google-owned navigation apps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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