He's edited it again,

UPDATE 2: OK, what I’m hearing now is that Places still uses Google Maps, but the maps in Journals and slideshows are not using Google Maps, and are Apple’s own stuff

http://daringfireball.net/linked/2012/03/07/iphoto-maps

Right so the license says this:

If your application displays Places API data on a map, that map must be provided by Google. Places API responses may include Listings provider attributions in HTML format that must be displayed to the user as provided. Any links included in the HTML must be preserved. We recommend placing this information below any search results or Place Details information.

http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/places/#Limit...

Interesting. They're actually using OpenStreetMap! http://blog.osmfoundation.org/2012/03/08/welcome-apple/

iOS 6 = Apple Maps? It'd be cool if they could WebGL it so there's no dependency on images.

That would be a violation of the license, right? If you use places, you need to use Google's API to display them.