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Apple is expected to revamp its Maps application in the next majorupdate to its iOS mobile operating system, moving away from theGoogle Maps service to provide its own solution that willreportedly feature photorealistic 3D mapping technology. Citing anonymous sources familiar with the new version of Maps,John Paczkowski of All Things D reported on Friday that the new feature is expected to be unveiled at Apple's annualWorldwide Developers Conference, which will be held June 11 through15 in San Francisco, Calif. The new Maps are currently planned tobe shown off in a keynote that will kick off the event, the reportsaid. "Sources describe the new Maps app as a forthcoming tent-polefeature of iOS that will, in the words of one, 'blow your headoff,'" Paczkowski wrote. "I not quite sure what that means, andthe source in question declined to elaborate, but it's likely areference to the photorealistic 3-D mapping tech Apple acquiredwhen it purchased C3 Technologies." Apple's proprietary mapping solution has been a long time in themaking.
The company's plans were first signaled in 2009 , when it purchased Placebase, a competitor to Google Maps. Then, in 2010, Apple bought Poly9 , another mapping company, and began using its own location databases for the Maps application with the launch of iOS 3.2 for thefirst-generation iPad. Another key acquisition came in 2011, whenApple bought C3 Technologies , a Sweden-based 3D mapping company. In 2010, a set of Apple patent applications showed that the companywas looking into using future iPhones to generate 3D models of an object or place.Another application filed last August entitled "Augmented Reality Maps" described an invention thatwould overlay data such as directions or street names in real timeon top of live video.
Apple has also filed for a "Schematic Maps" patent where a mapping application woulddynamically emphasize or exaggerate details such as roads orlandmarks. Traffic could also play a key role in Apple's new Maps applicationfor iOS 6. The company publicly announced last April that it was "collecting anonymous traffic data to build acrowd-sourced traffic database." In a series of answers provided to U.S. Congress as part of aniOS-related location database controversy last year, Apple said its"improved traffic service" would launch in "the next couple ofyears." The company declined to share further details. I am Polo Shirts/T-Shirts writer, reports some information about childrens storage beds , childrens iron beds.
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