The boundaries of Apple’s walled garden aren’t as well defined as they used to be; Apple Maps is the latest app to break out. It has taken a while—the app ...

Move over, Google Maps. Apple Maps now has its own website. Yes, that means you no longer need to fire up the app on an iPhone, iPad, or Mac to find places to visit and figure out how to reach them.

When it comes to maps—a technology that is 4,000 years old—two completely contradictory things are true: Nothing has changed. And everything has changed. What hasn’t changed is maps are a language.