Apple Maps real time transit directions now available in Hong Kong
Residents of Hong Kong can now use Apple Maps to get transit directions via the built-in Maps app on their iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac and Apple Watch.
According to Twitter user @happyETwmc who first spotted the change, residents of Hong Kong can use Apple Maps to search and get transit directions for metro trains, buses and ferries.
The only limitation appears to be a lack of indoor station mapping. The metropolitan area is one location in Asia where hints of transit support surfaced months ago. However, Apple’s Hong Kong mapping has been a complicated issue because of the administrative region’s self-governance and autonomy disputes with mainland China.
Ata Distance has more on that, noting that Apple users a pair of data providers for the Hong Kong area: AutoNavi map data is utilized for iPhones sold in mainland China while another provider is used for non-mainland iPhones.
“This led to an unusual situation in which transit directions where available to Chinese visitors but not to residents of Hong Kong,” said MacRumors. Apple did not update its iOS Feature Availability webpage at post time to reflect that transit directions are now live in Hong Kong.
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