Search Results for “mapkit js” – The Map Room https://www.maproomblog.com Blogging about maps since 2003 Thu, 25 Jul 2024 14:53:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.maproomblog.com/xq/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/cropped-logo-2017-04-32x32.jpg Search Results for “mapkit js” – The Map Room https://www.maproomblog.com 32 32 116787204 Apple Maps on the Web https://www.maproomblog.com/2024/07/apple-maps-on-the-web/ Thu, 25 Jul 2024 14:52:59 +0000 https://www.maproomblog.com/?p=1833220 More]]> Apple announced yesterday that Apple Maps is now available on the web as a public beta. Prior to this it was mostly available through its iOS, iPad and Mac apps, except that developers have been able to embed Apple’s maps on their websites through the MapKit JS API for several years now. Those embedded maps can now point to the web version, “so their users can get driving directions, see detailed place information, and more.” Limited browser and language support for the time being.

]]> 1833220 DuckDuckGo Adds Directions to Its Search Results https://www.maproomblog.com/2020/10/duckduckgo-adds-directions-to-its-search-results/ Fri, 23 Oct 2020 14:01:43 +0000 https://www.maproomblog.com/?p=1789572 More]]> Privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo, which added Apple Maps to its search results in early 2019, has taken the next step and added walking and driving directions to those maps. Like the maps, the directions use Apple’s MapKit JS framework. [Daring Fireball]

]]> 1789572 Apple Maps at WWDC 2019: New Map Data, Look Around and More https://www.maproomblog.com/2019/06/apple-maps-at-wwdc-2019-new-map-data-look-around-and-more/ Fri, 07 Jun 2019 12:52:45 +0000 https://www.maproomblog.com/?p=1787411 More]]>
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Apple announced new features coming to Apple Maps at their Worldwide Developers Conference earlier this week.

Said features include the rebuilt map data previously announced for iOS 12 (previously: Apple Maps Data Being Completely Rebuilt for iOS 12; A Look at the Rebuilt Apple Maps) but, as they announced this week, will be available across the United States by the end of 2019, and in other countries in 2020 (see press release).

Properly new in iOS 13 is Look Around, a feature similar to Street View in that it presents a three-dimensional street-level imagery, but with what appears to be a slightly different user interface (9to5Mac).

Other features announced include favourites, sharing and other items you’d expect from an online map service: Apple is essentially doing its best to catch up and be as feature-complete as the competition. That includes upgrades to MapKit, their developer toolkit (previously).

More coverage: MacRumors, Mashable, USA Today. The maps section of the WWDC keynote starts at around 35:10.

]]> 1787411 DuckDuckGo Now Uses Apple Maps in Search Results https://www.maproomblog.com/2019/01/duckduckgo-now-uses-apple-maps-in-search-results/ Tue, 15 Jan 2019 23:09:02 +0000 https://www.maproomblog.com/?p=1787003 More]]> Google integrates its maps into its search results: synergy! What, then, is scrappy upstart search engine DuckDuckGo, which makes a point of not tracking its users,1 to do in response? Answer: use Apple Maps. “We’re excited to announce that map and address-related searches on DuckDuckGo for mobile and desktop are now powered by Apple’s MapKit JS framework, giving you a valuable combination of mapping and privacy.”

]]> 1787003 Google Maps Changes API Pricing, Competitors Respond https://www.maproomblog.com/2018/08/google-maps-changes-api-pricing-competitors-respond/ Wed, 08 Aug 2018 21:10:11 +0000 https://www.maproomblog.com/?p=1786087 More]]> Earlier this year Google Maps changed the terms of its API and in the process jacked up its prices, leaving web developers to consider other alternatives. These include (among others) OpenStreetMap, which posted a switching guide in June; Apple, which announced its API for websites that same month; and Here Maps, which (a) is still around1 and (b) has announced a freemium plan with reasonably generous transaction limits. As Engadget points out, Google’s trying to profit off its market dominance; its competitors, seeing an opening, are making their move. [Engadget]

]]> 1786087 Introduction to MapKit JS https://www.maproomblog.com/2018/06/introduction-to-mapkit-js/ Thu, 07 Jun 2018 14:20:36 +0000 http://www.maproomblog.com/?p=1785768 More]]> Video and presentation slides from Apple’s “Introduction to MapKit JS” session at WWDC yesterday afternoon. MapKit JS is, as I mentioned Tuesday, a method for developers to embed Apple’s maps on their websites. Apple is pitching it as a way for developers who use Apple Maps in their iOS apps to use the same maps on their websites: continuity of look and feel and all that.

]]> 1785768 MapKit JS: Apple Maps Gets an API for Websites https://www.maproomblog.com/2018/06/mapkit-js-apple-maps-gets-an-api-for-websites/ Tue, 05 Jun 2018 12:50:43 +0000 http://www.maproomblog.com/?p=1785755 More]]> MapKit has been around for a few years as an API to allow iOS developers to embed Apple’s maps into their apps. What seems to be new this year is MapKit JS, which enables developers to do with Apple Maps that they’ve been able to do for years with Google Maps, OpenStreetMap, MapBox and even the Ordnance Survey: embed the maps on their websites. Keir Clarke runs through the services and limitations of the API: notably, it requires an Apple Developer account ($99/year) to use. It’s still in beta, so everything is subject to change; in the meantime, Vasile Coțovanu has whipped up a demo. [Maps Mania]

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