Apple Maps

Apple Maps
Developer(s)Apple
Initial releaseSeptember 19, 2012 (2012-09-19)
Operating systemiOS 6 and later, iPadOS, watchOS, and macOS
Service nameApple Maps
Available in33 languages
List of languages
United Kingdom English, Egypt Arabic, Andorra Catalan, Croatia Croatian, Czech Republic Czech, Denmark Danish, Netherlands Dutch, Finland Finnish, France French, Germany German, Greece Greek, Israel Hebrew, India Hindi, Hungary Hungarian, Indonesia Indonesian, Italy Italian, Japan Japanese, South Korea Korean, Malaysia Malay, Norway Norwegian Bokmål, Poland Polish, Brazil Portuguese, Romania Romanian, Russia Russian, China Simplified Chinese, Slovakia Slovak, Mexico Spanish, Sweden Swedish, Thailand Thai, Taiwan Traditional Chinese, Turkey Turkish, Ukraine Ukrainian, Vietnam Vietnamese
TypeWeb mapping
Websiteapple.com/maps

Apple Maps is a web mapping service developed by Apple Inc. The default map system of iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and watchOS, it provides directions and estimated times of arrival for driving, walking, cycling, and public transportation navigation. A "Flyover" mode shows certain urban centers and other places of interest in a 3D landscape composed of models of buildings and structures.

First released in 2012, Apple Maps replaced Google Maps as the default map system on Apple devices.[1] At launch, it drew criticism from users and reviewers for incorrect directions, sparse data about public transportation, and various other bugs and errors. Apple has since further developed the software to address the issues raised by such criticism.[2]

While formerly exclusive to Apple devices, Apple released a cross-platform MapKit JS API in 2018, allowing Apple Maps to be embedded on the web.[3][4]

  1. ^ Oreskovic, Alex (April 29, 2013). "Google Now comes to iPhone, challenging Siri". Reuters.
  2. ^ Liao, Shannon (June 6, 2018). "Apple Maps embeds have come to web browsers in beta". The Verge. Retrieved October 31, 2023.
  3. ^ "Apple Maps on the Web". Apple Developer. Retrieved October 31, 2023.