Apple has confirmed that it is adding Foursquare’s business listing information to Apple’s Maps app. Apple added Foursquare to its Maps acknowledgements page, which lists the various contributors of the data used for Apple’s mapping service and apps.
It’s unclear exactly how Apple is using Foursquare data, but it’s likely users will begin to notice points of interest related data from the service appearing soon. Apple already partners with various companies for the data and other features it uses in Maps including TomTom, booking.com, TripAdvisor, Yelp and others.
Users should soon begin seeing information from the service appear in its Apple Maps business listings. Apple partners with a number of companies for data and features it includes in its Maps. IN addition to Foursquare, Apple also partners with TomTom, TripAdvisor, Yelp, and a number of others.
Foursquare’s data is culled from what it says is over 70 million tips about over 2 million local businesses, including reviews and comments, submitted by its users.
Foursquare By the Numbers:
Community: More than 55 million people worldwide, who have left more than 70 million tips and checked in over 7 billion times.
Businesses: More than 2 million businesses have claimed their locations to connect with their customers.
Platform: More than 65 million places around the world, used by more than 85,000 developers.
Employees: More than 170 between headquarters in New York, an office in San Francisco, and a lovely outpost in London.
