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   NY to BasarAlabay   
   Re: Apple maps on Raspberry Pi?   
   28 Mar 24 16:48:23   
   
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   "BasarAlabay"  wrote in message   
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   > bp@www.zefox.net wrote on 03.22.2024, 02:08 h:   
   >   
   >> I just tried to look at Apple maps (maps.apple.com) on my RasPiOS   
   >> machine and got nothing but advertising from the Apple store.   
   >   
   > Same here on an Apple.   
   >   
   >> Is it possible to view Apple maps on a Pi? I normally use Google   
   >> maps and wanted to see how they compare. Neither chrome nor firefox   
   >> seem able to display Apple's map website on a Pi4.   
   >   
   > Seems like Apple Maps is not like Google Maps or Open Street Map an   
   > accessible map system via browser but via own programm. I can use the   
   > onboard application to view something but not Firefox e.g.   
      
   Good old Apple. If there's an established way of doing something (a map that   
   can be displayed in any browser on any OS) they will do it a different way   
   and lock people in to having to install an app, even if it is accessed via a   
   web site.   
      
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