TBH the duration of time google has an edge over apple maps is only temporary. Very soon, the only advantage will be street view.
And how Apple will shorten the advantage?
TBH the duration of time google has an edge over apple maps is only temporary. Very soon, the only advantage will be street view.
I think this is nice move. With hundred of thousands if not millions using Apple maps, it will it improve much faster through user feedback and crowdsourced data than populate and correct the map by themselves in private.
I don't like that it seems like they're putting more effort into fixing their 3d/flyover stuff than correcting more important errors like businesses being in the wrong location.
This is just bells and whistles, Apple needs to fix the incorrect locations and missing POIs first.
But if you know things are wrong, and you report them, but it takes a while (how long? an unknown, consistent quantity as far) for corrections, it is discouraging to actually report errors.
The Verge: Apple races to fix Maps, but how fast can it go?
Changes to basic issues could be made "quite quickly," according to Michael Dobson of TeleMapics, speaking to The Verge. Business listings, on the other hand, are more troublesome. "[Companies] often license [the] data from more than one supplier due to concerns about accuracy and coverage. This often results in duplicate listings that are time consuming to resolve."
Apple may be relying on crowdsourced data from users to make corrections, but it only solves part of the problem. "Most companies that use crowd-sourced data to assist in targeting map errors use it as a tool that points them in the right direction," says Dobson, but the information needs to be verified before it can be added to the database. In the case of more complex issues such as street name changes, or even entirely new intersections, city planning maps would need to be consulted along with other official documents.
As I have been saying since before Maps was even announced... (If they do announce the app), it will take some time for it to become better than Google Maps. Thanks for the continuous improvements.
Flyover is useful for me because I'm not a Superman.
this is more than incremental.
Significant amounts of the New York Metro area that was 2d before are now 3D. this includes Brooklyn, Queens, Jersey City, etc. when before it was only manhattan.
And the photos for Jersey City are reasonably up to date, as the window unit air conditioner I installed in my bedroom has been rendered in 3D, and I've only had it installed for about 7 months.
And then they would completely forego the crowdsourcing for improvements that made GM strong in the first place, and would end up in the same boat next year instead.
Nice, showing up on my 4S.
Shame Liberty looks like crud on it though. Flyover has always looked best and almost "real" on Forstall's little tech demos, but some of the graphics on the buildings and landmarks are really grainy and just plain awful.
Flyover is irrelevant to me because I am Superman.
...while pissing off hundreds of thousands in the processed. Great thinking.
Clik on route after entering anything in the destination and show the screenshot. It will take you to a list with apps installed that you can click on route or you can download other apps. It works like crap.