Today to Apple was granted to him a patent that focuses on the Maps application and the way it displays user information. Apple describes a process by which the Maps application would automatically modify the information on the map to highlight important objects for users. More precisely, to say that you want to travel in an area that has many historical monuments, monasteries, etc., the Maps application would highlight the locations of these points of interest and shorten others such as gas stations, restaurants, hotels, etc. The application would automatically decide what is important for the user based on the information entered by him and would hide the irrelevant information for that trip.
The following relates to preparing and presenting schematic maps, which are maps that present information in a format that presents only information that is most relevant to a given situation in order to provide a simple and clear representation sufficient to aid a user in guidance or orientation. The schematic maps as described here can be formatted based on the attributes of a display on which they are presented so that the map layout and presentation can be optimized for the particular display. The schematic maps can be "distorted" to better illustrate important map areas in greater detail and using a relatively larger display area while deemphasizing less important map areas by illustrating them in less detail and using a relatively smaller display area, and thus the schematic maps can be devoid of adherence to a particular scale.
Apple calls this system "schematic maps" and claims that the maps can be changed automatically depending on the screen of the device on which the information is displayed. Practically, on an iPhone, certain information that is not essential is modified, on the iPad less would be hidden, so everything would depend on the size of the screen and, of course, on the information that must be "hidden" by the user. Although in theory this system seems to be quite useful, there is the problem of iOS that could involuntarily hide locations that would be interesting for users. A search for a certain location would cause the terminal to hide others that are less essential but which would be important for the user, so it remains to be seen what Apple will implement.
