Apple’s New Map, Expansion #14
Germany & Singapore
April 2022

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After forty-eight days of public testing, Apple’s new map data was expanded to Germany and Singapore on April 21, 2022:

This is the fourteenth time that Apple has expanded its new map data since its public launch in September 2018:

Germany and Singapore are the twelfth and thirteenth countries to receive Apple’s new map data. Singapore is also the first country in Asia to receive it.

After almost four years of expansions—and nearly eight years of data collecting—Apple’s new map data now covers 18.4% of Earth’s land area and 8.5% of the global population (i.e., 673 million people worldwide):

In terms of population covered, Expansion #14 is Apple’s second largest expansion to date:

With this latest release, Apple has also now released its new map data for more than a third of the thirty-five countries it has collected data for:

Apple’s next expansion (Expansion #15) is likeliest to consist of France and Monaco. Other countries that also have chances of being Expansion #15 are listed below:

BEFORE & AFTER

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🇩🇪 GERMANY
🇸🇬 SINGAPORE

🇩🇪 GERMANY

Germany (Above): A marked reduction in the number of roads displayed at this zoom. Notice that several roads now abruptly end at the German/Polish, German/Czech, and German/Dutch borders. There’s also a noticeable increase in green space.

Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region (Above): Apple has added urban area shapes for many smaller cities and communities. Meanwhile, the map now offers a simpler depiction of the road network, with many roads within Berlin dropped at this zoom.

Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region (Above): Every building within Berlin appears to have been replaced and many more green spaces have been added.

Fernsehturm Berlin (Above): Apple’s new model for Fernsehturm Berlin is twice as tall, while the walking paths below it have been pushed to later zooms. Chruch of Saint Mary, Red Town Hall, and Nikolaikirche receive much improved models.