I would love this feature as well, I still "navigate" to almost all places I go no matter how many times I've been there, I just like having the ETA available.
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Apple Exec Explains Why You Should Use Apple Maps
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Apple Maps now has the ability to mark police and broken down cars within the app, but its not super obvious, so no one is using it. Waze gamifies marking things, so you accolades for marking things. Apple needs to do something like that.
Remember when some people thought map data would improve as an OS update?
With iOS 15 and satellite view it would be nice if cities that have Apple’s 3D satellite view would either get updates for this 3D view or just show true satellite view or really go back to switching between the two by tapping 2D/3D icon like prior iOSs and current Mac OS does. 3D view is all I can get in 15 where these 3D views are available and are stuck around 2017 in many of the cities i have used it in. It’s weird to see untouched fields or parking lots where large stadiums have been open for 2 years, and it’s also weird to still see Amazon Hub label near a still standing Pontiac Silverdome (minus most of its roof). Using a device without iOS 15 the true satellite view might is still a little outdated, but in areas with consistent construction having a 2019/2020 view is a big improvement.
Google maps is way better and has a review / photo section of places that apple needs to copy. I don’t want to go to the yelp app every time.
I used to joke that if I ever got into an Uber where Siri was calling the shots, I'd get out. I recently read this article and thought I'd give them another chance but a quick search immediately revealed a mislabeled location. Yeah, I dont think so. I really would rather give Apple the business over Google but damn, it's still not even close. Apple Maps is and always has been a red hot mess. Just like their iOS calendar and iOS search screen bugs. Instead of giving us sexy new packages with technology other companies have already released, why not make the current products with a more enjoyable (read: usable) interfaces. Our family has ten Apple products in use totaling more than $16k. Shame on Apple.
This is a catch-22, as to get more adoption (real life use), the product needs to be good enough. How would you get a significant number of people use an inferior product?
Marketing. If Apple put a dedicated advertising campaign behind Maps, they could grow some market share. But I doubt they'd do that because Maps doesn't make them any money.
Using Apple Maps is like using Duck Duck Go for search. I want to, and most of the time I do, but sometimes you have to give up and go to the better service.
Because it's not an inferior product. Not everyone wants to use an ad-infested ****box that reports all their movements directly back to Google. Maybe you're willing to pay for it in personal data, but not everyone wants to make that same choice, yeah?
It's an inferior product because it's worse at the base function of helping you to navigate the world. It may be far better from privacy standpoint, but if it can't do the thing it exists to do as well as another product, it's worse. It's as simple as that.
I use Google Streetview loads, so Google Maps is my default as Apple Maps doesn’t have it (or at least nowhere I’ve been)
Google Maps has some nice little perks, such as letting you know if the destination is open/closed, having photographs of where you should change direction etc, and clear graphs for traffic levels at different times of the day. And yes, it’s more accurate.
I think what’s most frustrating about Apple Maps is that the app looks great and is nice to use - its just the data. I’ve been late to meetings because of stupid, illogical mistakes in the data, and it’s kinda embarrassing when you explain this to the other person and they say “I just use Google Maps” ?♂️
I think what’s most frustrating about Apple Maps is that the app looks great and is nice to use - its just the data. I’ve been late to meetings because of stupid, illogical mistakes in the data, and it’s kinda embarrassing when you explain this to the other person and they say “I just use Google Maps” ?♂️
I like Apple Maps but still have Google Maps installed because
1. It has a lot more shops marked on it
2. It does routing for bicycle trips
1. It has a lot more shops marked on it
2. It does routing for bicycle trips
Google Maps is way better in many European countries.
I couldn't even find one store on Apple Maps, but on Google maps I found it immediately.
I couldn't even find one store on Apple Maps, but on Google maps I found it immediately.
Are Apple not using the hundreds of millions of iPhones to drive traffic reports or is that a patent Waze holds? They’ve a huge installed base to leverage for arguably the most accurate traffic and even crowd conditions on the planet - why are they so bad (even in North America outside areas Apple has a corporate presence).
It’s not a patent, it’s a consequence of Apple’s privacy focus. It’s the same reason that Siri is falling further behind Google Assistant and Alexa, they don’t have the amount of data from users that the others do and so they can’t improve as quickly.
Yesterday in Leeds, the iPhone knew very well every traffic queue at every set of traffic lights. So much about "Apple’s privacy focus"
Just because they get some data doesn't mean they couldn't benefit from more.Yesterday in Leeds, the iPhone knew very well every traffic queue at every set of traffic lights. So much about "Apple’s privacy focus"
LOL For years Google kept messing up a zipcode in New York City. Instead of place it in Staten Island it placed it in Yonkers, NY (over 30 miles away). A vendor kept submitting reports, it gets fixed and a month or two later, it's reverted.
Yes they could, but that was not the point. "Apple’s privacy focus" is just a publicity stunt, that was the point.
They know everything about your Mac and they decide what you are allowed to install or not, but their "privacy focus" is great