Apple made a shock–and lengthy overdue–transfer final summer time when it introduced Apple Maps to the net. Out there at beta.maps.apple.com, the easy net interface introduced Apple new and wonderful maps to new gadgets, however in a restricted vogue.
This net interface has been accessible solely on Chrome and Safari on Macs and iPads, and Chrome or Edge on Home windows PCs. You couldn’t entry it from cellphone browsers in any respect.
Now, although the location remains to be very clearly labeled “beta,” there are far fewer restrictions. You possibly can head to maps.apple.com (no “beta”) on nearly any trendy system, together with Android telephones, and we had no bother accessing it from different desktop browsers like Firefox.
The options are nonetheless restricted in comparison with the native iOS, iPad, and Mac apps, however the fundamentals are there: strolling and driving instructions, enterprise information like images, scores, and hours, even the Guides are there. Apple added help for Look Round (it’s analog to Google Maps’ Avenue View) a number of months in the past. Choices like transit and biking instructions appear to be lacking, for now.
With this enlargement, Apple Maps is best poised to offer significant competitors to Google Maps for on-line providers that license map instruments, from search engines like google to supply providers.
