Currently available for testing in Northern California, the feature provides better than 360-degree street level views of major roads and destinations: You’re able to pan left, right, up, and down, even seeing (limited) 3D depth in each image.

The most stunning addition to Maps is the photographic product of mapping vehicles Apple has been sending out across the world, apparently starting in California: Look Around. Staff authors are listed here.Look Around: Google Street View, reinvented Opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and not necessarily Search Engine Land. At the margins, Apple Maps improvements may win back some number of users. But it’s also clear that the combination of Google Maps and Google-owned Waze dominate smartphone maps mindshare. Clearly, Apple Maps and navigation have many millions of users. Will it matter? There’s little concrete data Apple has exposed about Maps’ usage and engagement. Look Around will show up in iOS 13 later this fall in the U.S. Other new iOS 13 maps features include, “Collections to easily share favorite restaurants, travel destinations or places to shop with friends, and Favorites for navigating to frequent destinations, such as home, work, the gym or school, with a simple tap from the launch screen.” Powering Look Around is a rebuilt basemap “from the ground up.” Apple says this is the result of 4 million miles of new data, which will deliver “broader road coverage, better pedestrian data, more precise addresses and more detailed landcover.” Users will soon be able to pick a map location and launch a 360-degree photographic view of the immediate area. Among them, Apple is adding a Street-View-like feature to Apple Maps.Īpple “Street View”: Look Around. Several of the updates in iOS 13, announced yesterday, are playing catch-up to Google.

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