Google Maps currently is way hand down better...totally trashed Apple Maps...
Even the interface, look and feel is more beautiful than Apple..
Google Maps works better, is more accurate, and IMO, looks nicer.
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Google Maps currently is way hand down better...totally trashed Apple Maps...
Even the interface, look and feel is more beautiful than Apple..
Google Maps works better, is more accurate, and IMO, looks nicer.
Apple Maps has provided me better routes, great traffic information, accurate POIs and does so in a much nicer looking package.
I like street view so am glad to have Google Maps back.. but given the fact that both apps are identical as far as accuracy (for me), I'll be sticking with Apple Maps for the integration into iOS and ability to program via Siri.
The only thing it's missing is Contact integration.
...and night mode, traffic showing while navigating, multiple stop capabilities, being able to search for POI along or near the route, etc. There are plenty of missing features.
TRANSIT! For this reason alone Google Maps trumps Apple's Maps.
But I have to say that I live in a huge city (L.A.) and I don't know how Apple maps is for smaller cities which are not sooo popular. I very good traffic information with apple maps, no false directions etc.
The city & country you are living in plays a big role in the decision in my opinion.
I did a comparison of the two if anyone wants to check it out: http://goo.gl/o73u1
Are the new google maps vector based or tiles? Its a little slow on my 4S but im guessing its the first version so theyll start optimizing it more with updates. Also I noticed the maps are bit more umm blocky, clean compard to the old google maps from iOS 5 which had like more rounded roads and curves etc. The colours were also bolder, outlined, and thicker borders. I liked that, this new metro looking style is abit new to me. But thank God for google maps.
Edit: Wish I had this app for my trip to Japan in october. Apple maps absolutely destroyed me on that trip. Ahh just tried transit, from shinagawa station to roppongi works like a charm. Damn you apple. Damn you to hell.
Apple Maps also offers iPhone users turn-by-turn directions, a feature absent from the previous version of Google Maps for iOS.