w********1
发帖数: 3492 | 1 Mon, 09 Jul 2012 08:10:01 PDT
Technically Personal reports on some interesting code found in iOS 6
suggesting that Apple's new mapping solution may be making its way to OS X
in some form. The evidence, discovered by developer Cody Cooper, arrives by
way of references to several older Intel graphics solutions for which map
features such as shading are disabled.
In this XML file, there is a reference to a set of Intel based graphics
chipsets for which certain features like Shading are disabled.
Cody says that older Intel chipsets are known to not support shading very
well, and that’s probably why Apple wants to disable that feature on these
Macs or will be software rendered.
It is unclear exactly what form Apple's maps would take on the Mac and
whether the references are simply for hooks into map-enabled apps on OS X or
if there is some more significant mapping solution coming to the Mac.
Apple's new mapping system is a key feature of iOS 6, enabling Apple to
break free of the Google Maps relationship it has relied upon since the
iPhone's launch in 2007. Apple's maps, developed in partnership with TomTom
and other providers, will include integration of Siri with turn-by-turn
directions, "Flyover" 3D-view imagery, and integration with Yelp for local
search information.
Update: As several readers have noted, with the files being inside the
iPhone simulator package, it is possible that the references are merely
addressing functionality of the simulator to allow developer to test their
apps without an actual device. |
|
