Apple has combined company Apple Maps mapping service with the popular online travel agencies TripAdvisor and Booking.com. On Monday the resource 9to5Mac.
Own maps Apple, who came in 2012 to replace the application Google Maps, provide a number of new features such as vector graphics, improved utilization in the "offline", reducing spent traffic, three-dimensional mode Flyover, as well as voice navigation. All this time, the service also allows you to view reviews about the companies left users Yelp. And now on the cards Apple has information from two other popular systems - Booking.com and TripAdvisor.
In the United States to display the rating of hotels, restaurants and other establishments are mainly used estimates from Yelp, and, for example, in the UK, France and Australia are more frequent reviews and images from a database Booking.com. Apple Maps app now automatically selects the appropriate content source.
In the description of the map service on Apple's site is no mention of the review, and images of TripAdvisor or Booking. Perhaps in Cupertino are experimenting with a new feature, and its official launch will be announced at WWDC 2015.
It is known that at the present time, Apple is also working on a feature of three-dimensional panoramas, like Google Street View and Yandeks.Panoramy. In addition to the streets of cities around the world the company plans to offer the service 360-degree panorama of natural attractions. Announcement of the new features are expected this year.