Apple Maps adds more indoor maps for malls and airports, expands transit directions to new cities
Peter Cao
- Feb. 5th 2019 3:38 pm PT
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Apple has today updated Apple Maps with new transit direction cities, and expanded support for indoor maps for malls and airports. Today's Apple Maps updates are being done server side so no software update is required.
Starting today, transit directions will be available in (via MacRumors) Alaska, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, North Dakota, New York, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, South Dakota, and Texas. Outside of the U.S., transit directions are now available in Australia.
As for airports, Apple Maps now supports indoor mapping for Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL), Newcastle International Airport (NCL) and Milano Linate Airport (LIN).
Maps for malls are also now available in the following cities:
Brookvale, Australia
Burwood, Australia
Carindale, Australia
Cheltenham, Australia
Chermside, Australia
Castel Guelfo di Bologna, Italy
Eastgardens, Australia
Edinburgh, IN
Hoover, AL
Hornsby, Australia
Hurstville, Australia
Lone Tree, CO
Merrimack, Australia
Miranda, Australia
North Little Rock, AR
Penrith, Australia
Shibuya, Japan
Suita-Shi, Japan
Sumida-Ku, Japan
Toshima, Japan
Upper Mount Gravatt, Australia
Vicolungo, Italy
iOS 11 introduced indoor mapping for malls and airports, providing accurate representations as to what is available inside including restaurants, bathrooms, elevators, and more.
Apple has taken its time with rolling out new features for Apple Maps as the company wants to ensure everything is as accurate as possible.
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Apple Maps is Apple's map application that's preloaded on iPhone, iPad, Mac, Car Play, and Apple Watch. It launched in 2012 with iOS 6.
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