A new job listing posted by Apple shows that the company is working to bring its in-house Maps app, currently only available as native apps for iOS and Mac OS X, to the web.
The position for a “Maps Web Developer” is seeking an individual experienced in “creating beautiful and responsive user interfaces” with JavaScript, HTML, and CSS. The developer will work with Apple’s teams on web implementations of its mapping technology. Specifically, Apple says the individual’s role will be to “help make maps work seamlessly on the web” and build “client- side web development for maps-related experiences.”
A web implementation of Apple’s maps started appearing for the Find My iPhone feature on its iCloud.com sites back in July, but as of today the sites are still using maps powered by Google. The switch to its own maps on the web for Find My iPhone would be the last piece of the puzzle for switching away from maps powered by Google since replacing Google Maps with its own Maps app in iOS 6.
We’d imagine that Apple Maps for Find My iPhone on the web is still on the way, but it’s unclear what other “maps-related” web experiences might be in the pipeline.
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Errmmm well I certainly won’t give a damn where maps is available if it still doesn’t have public transportation. I have so little faith in Apple with maps. I’ll be dumfounded if public transit is still not in 8.2. Why bother purchasing embark? I’ll even help correct there mess if they just do it.
Probably won’t let this go until Apple opens siri up to 3rd parties, allows setting default mapping applications, or they just make a good Maps app with public transit built in and a way to zoom out with one hand…
Some things you just HAVE to let go, and this is a perfect example of one of them.
Remember, Rome was never built in a day and the ONLY reason Google was quick to implement public transport into their Maps App was because Apple dropped them.
You can stay dumbfounded because there’s no way public transport will appear in 8.2, they will save it for the 9.0 keynote at dub dub.