https://www.maproomblog.com Blogging about maps since 2003 Fri, 23 Oct 2020 14:01:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.maproomblog.com/xq/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/cropped-logo-2017-04-32x32.jpg https://www.maproomblog.com 32 32 116787204 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 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.”

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