<story><title>Apple is rebuilding Maps from the ground up</title><url>https://techcrunch.com/2018/06/29/apple-is-rebuilding-maps-from-the-ground-up/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>forgot-my-pw</author><text>For those interested, this site gives good thorough comparisons between different map services (mostly Google &amp;amp; Apple): &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.justinobeirne.com&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.justinobeirne.com&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Latest entry in Dec 2017: How far ahead of Apple Maps is Google Maps? &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.justinobeirne.com&amp;#x2F;google-maps-moat&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.justinobeirne.com&amp;#x2F;google-maps-moat&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>wallflower</author><text>If you haven&amp;#x27;t read that Moat essay, it is a detective work of art. Highly recommended.</text></comment>
<story><title>Apple is rebuilding Maps from the ground up</title><url>https://techcrunch.com/2018/06/29/apple-is-rebuilding-maps-from-the-ground-up/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>forgot-my-pw</author><text>For those interested, this site gives good thorough comparisons between different map services (mostly Google &amp;amp; Apple): &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.justinobeirne.com&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.justinobeirne.com&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Latest entry in Dec 2017: How far ahead of Apple Maps is Google Maps? &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.justinobeirne.com&amp;#x2F;google-maps-moat&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.justinobeirne.com&amp;#x2F;google-maps-moat&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>zabuni</author><text>If you compare the article, the main takeaway is that Apple seems to be starting to use some of the improvements that Google has been adding to their map program the last several years.&lt;p&gt;-Satellite imagery to generate build footprints.
-Lots of human intervention
-Land based car imagery</text></comment>