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MapKit JS – Embed interactive Apple maps on your website

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Re: MapKit JS – Embed interactive Apple maps on your website

#11

I don't see anything about use limits (as in number of maps generated per day). Has anyone seen this documented elsewhere?

There is no information about use limits, but you need a paid Apple Developer Program account.

> but you need a paid Apple Developer Program account.

Where was "paid" bit listed? You don't have to pay the yearly fee to have a developer account. I let my paid subscription expire a few years ago, and I can still login and do various things.

Re: MapKit JS – Embed interactive Apple maps on your website

#12

I don't see anything about use limits (as in number of maps generated per day). Has anyone seen this documented elsewhere?

There is no information about use limits, but you need a paid Apple Developer Program account.

Do you have to own a Mac or anybody can register one of those accounts and use MapkitJS?

Re: MapKit JS – Embed interactive Apple maps on your website

#14
post #9

The API is rich and neat, just hacked a little demo with driving directions https://github.com/vasile/mapkit-js-demo

Wow, thanks for posting this. The user interaction is really great on mobile web! Usually maps like this suck on mobile.

Re: MapKit JS – Embed interactive Apple maps on your website

#16
First impressions:

- Doesn't seem very performant, panning behavior and zooming seems to redraw a lot unnecessarily, low framerate and not very smooth on good hardware - Poor support for touch events, pinch zoom and pan didn't work for me on touchpad - Looks to be using (PNG?) image tiles but and over-scaled canvas element, my laptop's fan came on during simple zoom and panning. I closed the tab and it promptly shut off.

The API seems okay but nowhere near as good as leaflet. MapboxGL has better performance imo.

I'm trying to understand what the compelling reason to use this would be? If you want the best quality basemaps, use Google Maps. If you want the most customizability and a great API, use leaflet. If you want a fancy map, use MapboxGL. If you like apple, use this??

Re: MapKit JS – Embed interactive Apple maps on your website

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post #9

The API is rich and neat, just hacked a little demo with driving directions https://github.com/vasile/mapkit-js-demo

Nice to meet a fellow Romanian obsessed about maps and public transport! Thank you for the projects on your website, they're great!

Re: MapKit JS – Embed interactive Apple maps on your website

#20
post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There is no information about use limits, but you need a paid Apple Developer Program account.

Do you have to own a Mac or anybody can register one of those accounts and use MapkitJS?

Anyone can register for an account, no need for a Mac.
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