Confused with Apple Map Vs Google Map

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This might be a very stupid question for some people but I want to be make sure about this. In iOS6 Apple has updated its Map application and added his own map. Now if I develop any native application and include map(MKMapView) into this so are their any changes which I should be aware of them?

Previously, I was using Google web service to fetch the latitude and longitude between two locations and draw direction. Does Apple provide its own web services for the same?

Unless a method has been deprecated it should still work. Does it matter where the data comes from? — David Rönnqvist, Jul 25 '13 at 14:33
@DavidRönnqvist Early users of Apple's maps seemed to feel that it does matter where the data comes from. — Caleb, Jul 25 '13 at 15:17

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 25 '13 at 14:40

are their any changes which I should be aware of them?

MKMapView will still work fine, but the map it displays will look a little different. Also, if you limit your app to iOS versions that use only Apple's maps, you might not be subject to Google's terms and conditions. Read your agreements.

Does Apple provide its own web services for the same?

There's CLGeocoder. It's a class, not a web service, but that just makes it easier to use.

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 25 '13 at 14:37

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Using MKMapView framework didn't change just because the images are different. It should work fine.

answered Jul 25 '13 at 14:37

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 25 '13 at 19:55

Google's Terms Of Service say that you can't show their data on someone else's maps. So if your app is still getting data from a Google webservice you'll need to use the Google Map SDK that they have put out, not the usual MKMapView on iOS 6+. If you are only using Google's webservice to turn a human readable address into lat/long then you can do that using CLGeocoder as Caleb suggested, but Google offer other services too.

Confused with Apple Map Vs Google Map

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