Apple is not giving up on its quest to make iOS Maps more useable. 9to5Mac reports that Apple has bought up two more companies that could help improve iOS Maps: Mapping firm BroadMap, whose technology has been used by applications such as Nokia HERE and MapQuest;-and Catch, a popular note-taking app that competes with Evernote. The connection between BroadMap and iOS Maps is obvious since BroadMap’s geographic information system can help sort and analyze mapping data and give-Apple’s-mapping app-more accurate information. The link between iOS Maps and Catch is a little more obscure, but 9to5Mac notes that Catch “used to-operate a known Android application-called Compass” that “was location-based and infused locations with notes” that let you “annotate your world.” When



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