Yup, they own Waze and use their data in Maps as well.
Hopefully Apple and Microsoft will get smart and partner up with Nokia (who owns NAVTEQ). Then they can cross reference their TomTom data and iron out discrepancies. It's the only shot they have of taking on the Great Foogle.
I dont know how anyone could use Apple Maps, knowing that Google Maps and Waze show real-time traffic conditions AS YOU'RE DRIVING.
One of Apple Maps' biggest flaws in the traffic layer is that you cannot differentiate a road that has no traffic versus a road that has no traffic DATA.The traffic layer on Apple Maps is quite terrible. The random dots that blend in with the rest of the map make the already limited traffic information nearly useless. It boggles the mind that for a company that prides itself on usability and attention to detail still has a program with all of these issues.
I would love to use Apple Maps because it really is a beautiful software. I love the attention to detail that even shows the actual state highway markers for each state. But at the end of the day the program misses the boat on the important things while focusing on rather meaningless details like appropriately designed route markers.
I dont know how anyone could use Apple Maps, knowing that Google Maps and Waze show real-time traffic conditions AS YOU'RE DRIVING.
I have tried to like google, but until they provide the ability to change the voice in turn by turn directions, the current one sounds like a demented computer from a sci-fi movie, where as the turn by turn directions in apple maps is quite good.