I have checked the MapKit API changes in iOS6 and cannot find any substantial changes like support for vector maps etc. Apple seem to have replaced the Google map tiles with TomTom map tiles, but only if you are running on iOS6. Talk about fragmentation...
I am not sure if any consumer API will ever get vector maps. You can buy commercial APIs for insane amounts of money if you want. On Tuesday, June 12, 2012 11:07:56 AM UTC-4, Adam Ratana wrote: > > Yesterday Apple announced that they are replacing Google's Maps with their > own. Nothing new here, this was suspected for months. What I had been > wondering is, are they also going to update their MapKit API, and it seems > yes. This may put iOS ahead of Android in terms of applications that have > map components to them, depending on the capabilities that get added. > > As anyone who has worked with it knows, the Google Map add-on SDK for > Android hasn't been updated in quite a while, while Google Maps, the > application, gets better and better. Google Maps is definitely one of the > best and most unique things about Google Android devices, but Apple just > took a big step toward catching up. > > Can anyone speak to whether or not the Google Map add-on SDK will also get > a major upgrade anytime soon? Get constant emails about any of the newest > features in Maps and have to tell people, that the Maps application and the > SDK and library that developers can access (for google approved devices > only), are far more limited. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
