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Apple Exec Explains Why You Should Use Apple Maps
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Lol, apple maps outside few countries important to apple are unusable mess
I’d agree. I deleted Waze and Google Maps over a year ago.
Apple Maps Product Lead David Dorn and Design Lead Meg Frost recently did an interview with CNN to explain the Apple Maps features that were introduced with the iOS 15 update and to explain why iPhone users should choose Apple Maps over other mapping apps like Google and Waze.
According to Dorn, there are three major reasons why Apple Maps is the best choice.
Apple's effort into improving the Maps app can be seen in iOS 15, an update that added new 3D city details in select areas like London, New York, Los Angeles, and the San Francisco Bay Area. There are also navigation updates that add more detail at complex interchanges. Frost said that Apple wanted to make maps "both safer and visually satisfying to navigate."
- Apple is making serious investments into Maps to improve it.
- Privacy is central and Apple isn't tracking your location for data purposes when you use Apple Maps.
- Maps is part of the Apple ecosystem and integrates well with other Apple devices and services.
As for the 3D landmarks added in the update, each landmark is created by hand. "We pick the amount of detail we find appropriate and create a 3D mesh of the building landmark itself. And we apply it to the base map," Frost told CNN.
The full Apple Maps interview can be read over on CNN's website, and it provides more detail on features like Share ETA, CarPlay, real-time AR walking directions, and more.
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1) Serious investment means it obviously needs it & still nowhere as widespread as Google - see lookaround for reference, this should be 3/4 of the world by now based on Google’s rollout.
2) Course they track you when using maps to “improve the quality of their service” & to update traffic conditions, they maybe don’t share it, but track you they do.
3) Obviously it’s integrated as per Google/Waze
Not showstopping reasons to solely use apple maps (altho I do) how much do these folk get paid??
2) Course they track you when using maps to “improve the quality of their service” & to update traffic conditions, they maybe don’t share it, but track you they do.
3) Obviously it’s integrated as per Google/Waze
Not showstopping reasons to solely use apple maps (altho I do) how much do these folk get paid??
They need to get rid of (or at least make it an option to hide) Editor’s Picks. Don’t need it, don’t want it. At best it just gets in the way…
I use both, but if they would stop kicking me out of the app to use Yelp for viewing photos I would use it more.
LOL you must not go anywhere.
What they don't have is the google maps feature that dwarfs the differences: they don't allow me to download local maps to my phone. This way I can get navigation to places where there is bad cell coverage. I don't understand why they don't include that function.
Apple Maps Product Lead David Dorn and Design Lead Meg Frost recently did an interview with CNN to explain the Apple Maps features that were introduced with the iOS 15 update and to explain why iPhone users should choose Apple Maps over other mapping apps like Google and Waze.
According to Dorn, there are three major reasons why Apple Maps is the best choice.
Apple's effort into improving the Maps app can be seen in iOS 15, an update that added new 3D city details in select areas like London, New York, Los Angeles, and the San Francisco Bay Area. There are also navigation updates that add more detail at complex interchanges. Frost said that Apple wanted to make maps "both safer and visually satisfying to navigate."
- Apple is making serious investments into Maps to improve it.
- Privacy is central and Apple isn't tracking your location for data purposes when you use Apple Maps.
- Maps is part of the Apple ecosystem and integrates well with other Apple devices and services.
As for the 3D landmarks added in the update, each landmark is created by hand. "We pick the amount of detail we find appropriate and create a 3D mesh of the building landmark itself. And we apply it to the base map," Frost told CNN.
The full Apple Maps interview can be read over on CNN's website, and it provides more detail on features like Share ETA, CarPlay, real-time AR walking directions, and more.
Article Link: Apple Exec Explains Why You Should Use Apple Maps
If they don't track, how exactly do they provide real time traffic data? Surely that comes from somewhere. Either Apple is tracking it or they're buying it from someone else tracking you.
Rather than reply with a snide remark, consider a taking trip to the Genius Bar for help in using Apple Maps.
LOL. What are you smoking Apple?
There’s one reason I use Google Maps: better local destinations and routing.
I don’t care how many investment Apple made to Apple Maps. If it doesn’t list local destinations and routing, it’s useless.
Apple, you talked big about investments, yet you practically ignored my country, the largest market in SE Asia.
There’s one reason I use Google Maps: better local destinations and routing.
I don’t care how many investment Apple made to Apple Maps. If it doesn’t list local destinations and routing, it’s useless.
Apple, you talked big about investments, yet you practically ignored my country, the largest market in SE Asia.
I prefer Apple Maps interface for driving. macOS app is nice. But search sucks. Google finds things like parks, trailhead, other POIs and Apple just doesn't know about them. Privacy shouldn't be the issue.
Haven't tried Waze in years. Was fun to see neighborhoods I wouldn't see otherwise, but at the cost of an unprotected left turn across traffic. And waiting for a clear spot gave up the 30 sec. that was going to be saved. Not that Apple Maps doesn't avoid unprotected left turns.
Haven't tried Waze in years. Was fun to see neighborhoods I wouldn't see otherwise, but at the cost of an unprotected left turn across traffic. And waiting for a clear spot gave up the 30 sec. that was going to be saved. Not that Apple Maps doesn't avoid unprotected left turns.
They use junk TomTom data for traffic. Which is junk in the UK.
Waze is miles ahead for driving. It’s not even close.
*waits for Apple lovers who have never even visited the UK to downvote this comment…
Waze is miles ahead for driving. It’s not even close.
*waits for Apple lovers who have never even visited the UK to downvote this comment…
The wide range of opinions seen here can be explained by the location of the reviewer.
In Toronto, Apple Maps has been incredible and possibly even superior to Google Maps from early on. Flyover and LookAround took it beyond Google Maps. They’re so much better than Google’s satellite view and clumsy stitching and janky travel in StreetView.
But a Map is nothing without accuracy and if you’re in a city with poor map data, then of course it’s a non starter. For those lucky enough to live in cities with regular map data updates, then Apple Maps can seriously be seen as better than Google Maps.
In Toronto, Apple Maps has been incredible and possibly even superior to Google Maps from early on. Flyover and LookAround took it beyond Google Maps. They’re so much better than Google’s satellite view and clumsy stitching and janky travel in StreetView.
But a Map is nothing without accuracy and if you’re in a city with poor map data, then of course it’s a non starter. For those lucky enough to live in cities with regular map data updates, then Apple Maps can seriously be seen as better than Google Maps.
I left Google maps years ago and don’t miss them one bit. Apple Maps works perfectly with my Apple Watch too, so I don’t have to take my eyes off the road.
Did not you read MR today? People trust Google with their data more than they do Apple. So being reliant on Google service is a good thin. Besides it's a really good service. It'll find anything you need to find, tell you when the establishment is open, when it is crowded, when was the last time you visited it, reviewes and photos etc. And everything is up to date.It’s nice not being so reliant on Google services and being able to keep as much data off Google’s platform as possible.