The feature not only includes detailed 3D maps but also shows “…elevation details across a city, new road labels, and hundreds of custom-designed landmarks like Coit Tower in San Francisco, Dodger Stadium in LA, the Statue of Liberty in NYC, and the Royal Albert Hall in London, with more to come.” There is also a “beautiful nighttime mode with a moonlit glow [that] activates at dusk.” The Houston, Texas “detailed city experience” includes custom-designed 3D views of NRG Stadium, Minute Maid Park, Toyota Center, and Shell Energy Stadium.
The cities that currently can be viewed using the “detailed city experience” on Apple Maps include:
- Atlanta, GA
- Berlin, Germany
- Boston, MA
- Chicago, IL
- Dallas, TX
- Hamburg, Germany
- Houston, TX
- Las Vegas, NV
- London, United Kingdom
- Los Angeles, CA
- Melbourne, Australia
- Miami, FL
- Montréal, Canada
- Munich, Germany
- New York, NY
- Paris, France
- Philadelphia, PA
- San Diego, CA
- San Francisco Bay Area, CA
- Seattle, WA
- Sydney, Australia
- Toronto, Canada
- Vancouver, Canada
- Washington, DC
You can see the difference between Apple Map’s “detailed city experience” and its standard 3D view by looking at the two screenshots below. The first one shows the enhanced 3D imagery for Houston while the one underneath shows the regular 3D view for Denver.
Houston with the Apple Maps detailed city experience
What Denver looks like using the standard 3D view on Apple Maps
