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Apple have actually been using this tile set for a while (it's used in the slide show mode of the current version of iPhoto for OS X).
After the announcement I read tweets that basically said Apple was still using the Google Maps service, but the tiles were rendered by Apple?
Based on what I'm reading it sounds like I misunderstood or am misremembering what I read.
Great Apple, do no evil! How can we get better coverage for Asia?
With OSM, just start mapping! It's a wiki! http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Beginners%27_guide
It also seems like they should be required to release all the styling parameters and/or code needed to render the maps exactly as they appear in iPhoto - does anyone know how far CC-BY-SA reaches in a case like this?
EDIT: for that last part, I guess they probably would be fine just releasing the whole thing pre-rendered.
"It’s also missing the necessary credit to OpenStreetMap’s contributors; we look forward to working with Apple to get that on there."
Why is that, that if Apple ignores credit/copyright (on a massive scale), that everybody loves their move. But if anybody would rip of an Apple product, the descendants of mighty Steve would come raining down with swords, axes and lawyers. Do you really think they did it, to support OSM. Or should I ask myself: "Where is the money?" The money, they do not have to pay Google anymore for the use of maps, while not cred…
To this very particular point I want to say, I think that large companies switching over to open technologies (edit: because of a profit motive) is a good thing. There needs to be a critical mass of people who value the openness per se in order for the sea change to happen, but ultimately it has to be because we make it more profitable to do so. I have zero expectations that a bunch of CEOs are going to start caring about any cause. If they switch over, it means we're succeeding in making it profitable, and I take that as a good sign.
Then congratulations Apple, for making a not so great map even worse. I can't really judge map quality in the US, but in Germany it sucks. Cities show up twice or are missing completely, labels are often small, unreadable and ugly. There is no consistency in the placement of lables. OSM has its fair share of inconsistencies but it's not that bad. The map is ok for what it is: Just for presentation inside of iPhoto, n…
That's very disappointing to hear. I understood that it was ever better than Google Maps in some parts of Europe.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Could the credits be embedded in the copyright for the software/eula/about in the App? The GIStiquette, seems to imply that there is almost always some copyright in the footer of the map. Could this copyright be embedded in the documentation (à la MIT) and still comply?
I wondered that too. I don't have the app, but I would bet that Settings > General > About > Legal Notices would be the place to look?
Then congratulations Apple, for making a not so great map even worse. I can't really judge map quality in the US, but in Germany it sucks. Cities show up twice or are missing completely, labels are often small, unreadable and ugly. There is no consistency in the placement of lables. OSM has its fair share of inconsistencies but it's not that bad. The map is ok for what it is: Just for presentation inside of iPhoto, n…
Out of curiosity, I made a comparison between the two towns where most of my photos are taken as seen in GMaps vs. OSM. http://cl.ly/133M1H3W2W362S2F0l13 http://cl.ly/2P2d3y042N1T0o2p390H 600k and 60k inhabitants respectively.
Is this a first sign that without an asshole with taste at the top, the erosion of Apple is inevitable?