A Summer of Google & Apple Maps
“A Year of Gooogle & Apple Maps”, Update #1
2017


In its first hour online, “A Year of Google & Apple Maps” started receiving hits from Apple’s corporate network. And the days that followed, the hits continued...

I was curious if Apple would update Patricia’s Green, so I started taking daily screenshots. Here’s how the maps changed each week, starting May 26th (the day “A Year of Google & Apple Maps” was published):

Apple made Patricia’s Green green 21 days after “A Year of Google & Apple Maps” was published, and it added the missing park paths after 77 days.

Apple also addressed the auto service POI issues:

Thirteen days after “A Year of Google & Apple Maps” was published, Apple added two of the missing auto services. And then after twenty-three days, Apple added a label for the third auto service—showing all three together for the first time, thereby resolving the issue: