Apple Maps Gains New Flyover Locations, Spotlight Suggestions Expand to Denmark, Norway and Sweden

[btbam91]

It's not true that the privacy policies are the same and it's not true that Google maps is superior. Apple maps has gone a log way since the beginning and now it's a very good service.

It is 1000% true that Google Maps is superior. What the heck are you smoking to conclude otherwise?

 

[rubino]

Apple maps still useless in Europe. We don't need flyover **** but useful things like public transport (that we all use in Europe) times etc. can't wait for a jailbreak so I can use google maps as default map app

 

[megadon]

What's Apple maps?

 

[FightTheFuture]

Google's streetview is infinitely more useful.

They aren't the same thing, nor should they be compared to each other.

I'll never use Apple Maps in a thousand years.

News flash: guy doesn't use something.

 

[Gasu E.]

Google's streetview is infinitely more useful. I've never used flyover nor has anyone I know. It's stupidly pointless. I can understand some of the order things that Apple does, but not this. Is it cool, maybe to some. But Apple Maps on a whole are best left avoided in my experience.

And what's so bad about stupidly pointless? Without stupidly pointless comments, for example, MacRumors threads would be much shorter whenever Apple updates flyover.

 

[robjulo]

Exactly, one is truly useful, the other is a parlor trick.

They aren't the same thing, nor should they be compared to each other.

 

[petsounds]

Google does not sell your information, it sells ad space. Giving anyone else access to this data would be incredibly dumb.

Yes, they create a profile of you based on all your metadata which includes your location history, and that is used by companies to show you targeted ads. Bottom-line is, Google has access to every place you've been, and will use that for whatever purpose they want. Do you trust Google to "don't do evil" with your personal data? I sure don't. And if they got hacked, everyone else would have that data also.

Apple cannot tie your location history to you. Locations are sent and used anonymously.

 

[Keane16]

Google's streetview is infinitely more useful. I've never used flyover nor has anyone I know. It's stupidly pointless. I can understand some of the order things that Apple does, but not this. Is it cool, maybe to some. But Apple Maps on a whole are best left avoided in my experience.

I like and use both Street View and Flyover. But use them for different things.

When I'm in a new City, Flyover is great for getting a quick and dirty look around - more detailed than a flat map but way faster to navigate than Street View. It was great when I visited Rome 2 years ago - lots of winding alleys that look similar, Flyover helped a lot. Street View in this situation would be slow and annoying.

Street View is great when I have more time and want more detail. Pretty rare that I actually need it day to day but when I do it's really useful. When I bought my house I used it to check the surrounding streets.

I'm glad on iOS I have both.