Whatever map tiles are in iPhoto for iOS, they don’t look like Google Maps: Apple, back in 2009, bought PlaceBase, a mapping company. Rumors have been circulating for years that Apple was developing its own mapping solution. Last year, the company bought C3 Technologies, a group working on 3D map tiles. The desktop version of iPhoto uses standard Google Maps: These two images show the same locatio
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