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However, the endeavor wasn’t entirely unsuccessful as the team made an interesting discovery. In the rejection letter, Apple noted that businesses with less than 1,000 locations might want to try going through Apple’s current partners, a list that includes ten names we’ve never seen before.

It was already public knowledge that Factual, Neustar/Localeze and Yelp were providing data to Apple’s mapping service, but this is the first time Apple has “publicly” confirmed its new partners since launching Apple Maps Connect.

As 9to5Mac notes, this is not the complete list of partners, known or (likely) unknown, but it is a clear indication that Apple is continuing to work on making Apple Mapsan attractive alternative to Google’s popular app.