Michal Marek Apple yapezanso antchito ena kugwera mu gawo la mamapu, ndipo zikuwoneka kuti yapeza chilimbikitso chofunikira. Torsten Krenz, yemwe anali mkulu wa gulu la mapu a Nokia PANO ndi NAVTEQ, adapita ku kampani yaku California. Zoyambira zosavomerezeka posachedwa zatsimikiziridwa ndi Krenz mwiniwake pa LinkedIn.
Krenz wakhala akugwira ntchito yopanga mapu kwa nthawi yayitali. Adakhalanso wamkulu wakukula kwapadziko lonse ku NAVTEQ, ndipo kampaniyo itagulidwa ndi Nokia ndikuphatikizidwa ndi gawo lake la PANO, Krenz adapitilira. Ndiye mwachiwonekere adakhala ngati wogwirizanitsa ntchito zapadziko lonse pa PANO ndipo adayang'anira ndondomeko ya mapu padziko lonse lapansi.
Kufika kwa Krenz ku timu ya Apple kungakhale kosangalatsa kwambiri mtsogolo mwa Apple Maps. Ngakhale Apple ikupitirizabe kusonkhanitsa deta zatsopano ndi zatsopano ndi mapu madera ambiri, ubwino wa zipangizo zake mapu akadali kutali ndi 100%. Ngakhale patha zaka ziwiri kuchokera pomwe Apple idasinthira mamapu a Google mu iOS ndi yankho lake, anthu ambiri akudandaulabe za mtundu wa mapu a mapu.
Krenz sichiri chokhacho cholimbikitsa, Apple nthawi zonse amalemba ntchito mamembala atsopano pagawo la mapu, kotero wogwira ntchito wakale wa Amazon, Benoit Dupin, yemwe adayang'ana pa luso lofufuzira mu ntchito yake yoyamba, adabweranso ku Cupertino chaka chino. Chifukwa chake ku Apple, bamboyo mwina akuyembekezeka kuthandiza kukonza kusaka kwa Mapu.
Mu iOS 8, Apple ili ndi mapulani ena akulu a Mapu. Ikufuna kuwonjezera ntchito zatsopano kwa iwo, monga kuyenda m'nyumba, ndipo nthawi yomweyo imapangitsa kuti mamapu azikhala bwino komanso kupezeka kwa mamapu ku China. Ntchito ina yomwe akuti idakonzedwa inali yoyendetsa panyanja m'mizinda yokhala ndi mwayi wogwiritsa ntchito zoyendera za anthu onse. Komabe, kuphatikiza kwa nthawi mu pulogalamuyi kwachedwetsedwa ndipo mwina sikudzapezeka iOS 8 ikatulutsidwa kugwa uku.
Kuchedwa uku kudachitika chifukwa chokakamizidwa kukonzanso magawo a mapu a Apple, omwe adatsagana ndi, mwachitsanzo, kuchoka kwa Cathy Edwards, woyambitsa nawo woyambitsa. Chompa, Mayiyu anali m'modzi mwa atsogoleri a timu panthawi yomwe adachotsedwa ntchito ndipo anali ndi udindo wowongolera Mapu. Benoit Dupin yemwe watchulidwa ku Amazon ndiye adatenga udindo wake.
Ndikufuna chidwi ndi njira, njira yothetsera vutoli. Kodi kulibe zinthu zabwino zamapu? Kupatula apo, njira iliyonse yabwino yoyendera ili nayo. Kodi amangokonza molingana ndi zomwe anthu akugwiritsa ntchito? Zikhala zaka makumi…
Pakadali pano zikuwoneka ngati akupanganso zithunzi za satelayiti kutengera momwe amagwiritsira ntchito. Kotero ndikuyembekeza kuti posachedwa padzakhala alendo ambiri momwe angathere pa ISS. :-)