Apple has pledged to make significant changes to its mapping services in China, nearly 18 months after launching the product. Apple Maps received negative feedback worldwide following its release in 2012, but the glitches and issues were most prominent in China — and even included a geopolitical blunder. But Apple hopes the problems will soon become a thing of the past. Speaking at the company’s annual WWDC event, Craig Federighi, Apple SVP of software engineering, said the new iOS 8 mobile platform would include “greatly improved maps” for China, including the release of vector maps in the country for the first time. Maps is a hotly…
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