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by kibwen 2119 days ago
I think it's too soon to assume that Apple's search engine would be accessible directly from the web, rather than just being a backend for search functionality from within iOS. After all, they don't host any Apple Maps equivalent to Google Maps on the web.
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Actually they do offer maps for web, but the way you get to it is via DuckDuckGo. Example:

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=San+Francisco&t=h_&ia=web&iaxm=map...

Is this an exclusive DuckDuckGo and Apple partnership, or are there other websites that also use Apple Maps?
If you have an Apple Developer subscription, you should be able to use Apple Maps using Mapkit on any website - https://developer.apple.com/maps/web/
When I do that, I can't get directions, though. It refers me to Bing, GMaps, HERE (the Nokia one), and OpenStreetMap.