Tag: Apple Maps
Re: What are the most successful apps using OpenStreetMap data?
What are the most successful apps using OpenStreetMap data? by Aakash Kapoor (Quora) Reinhart Previano’s answer: Would you believe if I say Apple Maps? Yep. Apple Maps. Over the last few years they decided to ditch TomTom map data for the sake of OpenStreetMap. I believe (but still canʼt confirm) that itʼs part of “the…
#KalimantanGate is silently fixed, hooray!
Oh, I almost forgot that one year and two months ago, I complained about Apple Maps’ awkward Borneo/Kalimantan island. And it’s now fixed! Thanks, Apple!
The #KalimantanGate in Apple Maps
Sometimes, it feels quite embarrassing to find out that one of the Indonesia’s largest islands is mapped in Apple Maps in a wrong way. This issue has happened for years, and I can even reproduce it today on the latest, shiny, macOS Monterey. This island has two names. In Indonesia, it’s called Kalimantan, while others…