Google Maps plays a key role in the mapping features of the iPhone and the iPod Touch, but a recent acquisition by Apple hints that Steve Jobs & company might be paving the way toward a Google Map-less future.
Computerworld reports that Apple bought Placebase, a digital mapping service similar to Google Maps, in July, and that the former CEO and CTO of Placebase now work for the "Geo Team" ("whatever that is," writes Computerworld blogger Seth Weintraub) over at—you guessed it—Apple, Inc.As Computerworld notes, Placebase has some interesting features that set it apart from Google Maps—in particular, an easy way to offer "dizzying amount" of customizable layers that can be placed over its maps, ranging from commercial info to crime statistics, demographics, ZIP code boundaries, per capital income ... you name it
Soruce:.Apple purchased Placebase in July to replace Google Maps?
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