I didn't know the nexus 7 allowed users to change its default maps app from Google?
I haven't tried it but wether it is possible or not how is that relevant to my response to iOzzie?
I didn't know the nexus 7 allowed users to change its default maps app from Google?
In that case I would say go with the Nexus 7 as Google Maps is far better integrated with everything else in Android than the Google Maps app in iOS will be, with Apple not allowing you to choose default apps for anything and all.
I didn't know the nexus 7 allowed users to change its default maps app from Google?
You do know your own picture proves Google does not own all the data. It is also safe to say they buy a lot mapping data from other 3rd parties to check their data against.
In that case I would say go with the Nexus 7 as Google Maps is far better integrated with everything else in Android than the Google Maps app in iOS will be, with Apple not allowing you to choose default apps for anything and all.
I haven't tried it but wether it is possible or not how is that relevant to my response to iOzzie?
How dare they sneak behind Apple's back and offer what people want! The cads!
Thin skin, much? Your complaint with iOS was that you can't change the default maps app. It seemed like you were saying you could change the Android maps app with the Nexus. I asking if that was really possible.
Then why don't you buy an android device? Apple maps work perfectly fine.
If Apple EVER rejects Google's Maps app, I swear... this is ****ing ********. Microsoft would've gotten a 500 billion anti-trust fine for that. Just like that EU 10% of all revenue fine BS because of lack of browsing choice popup on installation of Windows 7 SP1. And what about UIWebView lacking the JS Nitro engine? Isn't that killing competition? The only reason I don't use Chrome on iOS is because of that.
I wish the legal system would apply equally for everyone.
Unless you're in central London, where I just tried this and it recommended I go to a "supermarket" (actually a corner shop) a mile away, which doesn't actually sell petrol at all.
It is, see below -
I don't have any other mapping programs installed, if I did they would also appear.
Are those other two options web browsers or map apps? Can I load an alternate Maps app on Android 4.x and set it as the default without Google having 24x7 location data?
Are those other two options web browsers or map apps? Can I load an alternate Maps app on Android 4.x and set it as the default without Google having 24x7 location data?
yes you can. I have had google earth appear as one of the choices. You can even uninstall google maps.
Hell you have been able to do this stuff since 2.x and I would not be surprised if the 1.x could as well.
In android you can replace and change the default for almost everything in it. Maps can be replaced. The voice search function can be replaced.
They are both browsers, Android is asking, what would you like to open this link with by default (either once or every time)
I don't have any other mapping apps installed (don't want/need them) but it would appear if I did. If you revoked Googles location data rights and just set them to the new app, that would work. But the loss in functionality across the rest of the Google Apps suite would not be worth it IMO.
Happy to be corrected, but that is how I understand it. Choice is nice, and Android gives that too you. I can't (read: wont) see Apple allowing G Maps to replace Apple maps with full Intergration across the OS.
yes you can. I have had google earth appear as one of the choices. You can even uninstall google maps.
Hell you have been able to do this stuff since 2.x and I would not be surprised if the 1.x could as well.
In android you can replace and change the default for almost everything in it. Maps can be replaced. The voice search function can be replaced.
Thanks for the info, guys!
I have to upgrade a 2.x Android phone for work (which doesn't appear to be able to change the Maps, not that I've found anyway) and it would be nice to be able replace the Maps app with something else.
"It just works" is a stupid thing to say when it doesn't work. At all.
Same study based made by a "user" that failed to realize what API he was using and thus got wrong results?
The problem was, as I recall, that he used a function in the API that didn't actually corresponded with what you would get if you searched on Google or directly in the iOS 5 application. If you try some of his searches on Google Maps via a browser you will find that they actually come back with the correct result (at least the ones I've tried).
but it does work, completely fine for me in my city.
saying it doesnt work at all is a stupid thing to say when clearly it does work at all.
Citation? I showed you my references. If you're going to make claims, show me yours.
Sorry for the speed of this - that will teach me not to bookmark some of the more interesting ones...
It was a question - but never mind, I believe this is what's being debated in these posts:
https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/15921290/
https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/15921345/
https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/15921378/
Including referenced post at stackoverflow:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11614721/clgeocoder-geocoding-is-hopelessly-inaccurate
Please add some explanation - do you really expect us to follow four naked links and try to figure out your argument for you?
I think they are pretty straightforward - manually verification of the searches provided to the Google API did show more correct results.
The tests I linked to were done using the iOS 5 and iOS 6 Apple geolocation/mapping APIs. Both versions make the *same* API calls, but the iOS 5 routes those API calls through Google Maps on the back-end, while the iOS 6 version uses the new Apple back-end.
If the iOS 5 version were using the 'wrong' Google Maps API calls, then people would have been complaining about the accuracy of the *OLD* maps app.
If you can find something that addresses the results of the tests I linked to, rather than an arbitrary programming question, feel free to revisit this. Otherwise, you're drawing a direct line from point A to point B where there is no apparent connection.