The evolution of Apple’s Map and Spotlight location icons

Developer Rusty Mitchell is obsessed with Apple’s Map and Spotlight icons. Lots of interesting bits in this blog post.

For starters, take a look at the iOS 5 and iOS 8 Apple Map snapshots. The major change is the way building outlines are swapped for pictograms.

And the collection of pictograms, shown in the very first image, bears an uncanny resemblance to the Apple Watch icon cluster display.

If this sort of thing interests you even slightly, read the post.