Apple is beefing up its mapping prowess with the purchase of Hopstop, a popular city transit application.
Apple confirmed the acquisition to ABC News this afternoon.
"Apple buys smaller technology companies from time to time, and we generally do not discuss our purpose or plans," Apple spokeswoman Kristin Huguet said in a statement provided to ABC News.
Hopstop, which has iPhone, Android and Web applications, provides detailed subway, bus and taxi directions in 600 cities, including New York City, Philadelphia, Moscow and Paris.
Transit directions have been one of the major missing components from Apple's Maps app, which was released last year to replace Google Maps in iOS 6 and on the iPhone 5.
Apple's Maps app was immediately recognized as not being as robust as Google's solution. Apple CEO Tim Cook even apologized to consumers for the sub-par experience last September and recommended other apps in the App Store at the time, including Google's option.
In June, Apple detailed some new features and fixes coming to the maps app in its forthcoming iOS 7 software. However, public transit information was still missing.