This! Google Maps isn't ugly though, it's perfect! It's easy on the eyes yet offering lots of detail. Apple Maps is more distracting and offers less information per pixel².
Google Maps is rock solid.
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Google Maps is rock solid.
So far, I've used it in North East Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Chicago & Richmond VA without any issues.
I defended maps for a long time, but it did totally screw up turn by turn for me two weekends ago. It's a shame because navigating with Siri is so wonderfully easy. But back to navigon it is.
You mean that antenna issue that affected something like 1/10th a percent of users, 90% of which are in areas of generally ****** reception
Ya, because we all know Android devices are bug-free....
I think the main reason I've never had an issue with Apple Maps is because I don't rely on it 100%. Even in Cali over Thanksgiving, I drove my wife and I to San Diego from Temecula. Never done that before, though it's a pretty straight shot. Apple maps took my to the zoo, down to the harbor walk, to the Midway and back to Temecula without any problem.
But I also used my brain and read street signs. Which helped make sure I was in the right place. Google maps wasn't perfect, neither is Apple maps. But it damn well isn't as awful as it's made out to be. It needs to improve more quickly than Google Maps was allowed to - which I have a feeling is part of the reason for the shakeup (that and people who whine and complain - and the media - just couldn't let it go).
I'd give it a year before Apple Maps is king of the mountain.
Still waiting for Google, TomTom, Garmin, etc to provide my correct home location. I've reported it to every mapping company at least 3 times a year. You figure after 7 years, it'd be fixed
You would be happy with the previous offering from google on maps iOS? You've got to be kidding me. Just buy a maps app and get over it! There was no turn by turn on the old app, it was crap to everyone that I know.
It is also a major data source for iOS Maps. Makes you wonder about the quality of the data they gave Apple access to and why it seems to be so lacking
I have the TomTom app on my iPhone 4 and it does that sometimes. I think sometimes its a problem with GPS reception... and sometimes its a problem with addresses labeled to wrong parts of the map itself. Drives me nuts when I'm looking for a particular parking garage in Chicago... and I'm led into an alley, a full block off target.
I had such crappy reception with AT&T in FL, at that time, who knows if it was the phone or really AT&T sucking. But, now they've upped their service here, and I never, never drop a call anymore. Used to be at least three dropped calls a day. But, anywho, who cares we had that gorgeous phone in our midst!
That's the best suggestion ever!
In all seriousness, they should ditch their current misguided effort at making their own maps and go back to Google and re-contract for their maps. I certainly won't miss the current maps ugly colors or the useless Flyover feature.
Yeah let's ignore that Google Maps was just as crappy when it was less than a year old
It's not just about this one restaurant or street that is displayed wrongfully, it's about the whole experience.
Maps are not easy, they have to offer multiple functions. Mapping data has to be 100% correct, POI's have to be good and this all has to have an intuitive and clean interface. It has to give you a lotof information without looking for it. It has to feel like a natural experience, finding and exploring things shouldn't take an effort, and Apple Maps just takes more efforts than Google Maps. Even if Apple Maps shows all the streets and POI's correctly, there is still the problem of rendering (narrow streets, POI's as circles, few details when zoomed out).
Here's a challenge: suppose Apple took ALL data directly from Google, including POI's, do you still think Apple Maps would be on par in terms of quality with Google Maps? No. It's still lacking this clear, clean and intuitive look that Google Maps has. It's the whole package that makes it inferior to Google Maps.
Even if all satelite views, POI's and street names are correct, you still end up with this:
The lack of detail sucks.
Maps are not easy, they have to offer multiple functions. Mapping data has to be 100% correct, POI's have to be good and this all has to have an intuitive and clean interface. It has to give you a lotof information without looking for it. It has to feel like a natural experience, finding and exploring things shouldn't take an effort, and Apple Maps just takes more efforts than Google Maps. Even if Apple Maps shows all the streets and POI's correctly, there is still the problem of rendering (narrow streets, POI's as circles, few details when zoomed out).
Here's a challenge: suppose Apple took ALL data directly from Google, including POI's, do you still think Apple Maps would be on par in terms of quality with Google Maps? No. It's still lacking this clear, clean and intuitive look that Google Maps has. It's the whole package that makes it inferior to Google Maps.
Even if all satelite views, POI's and street names are correct, you still end up with this:
The lack of detail sucks.
Is Apple _really_ asleep at the wheel, as it appears?
And I don't mean the timing of this firing, but HELLO APPLE? Maps... the entire idea was such a waste just so that they could brag that Apple had created their own maps.
What is Apple up to?
Do they know?
Are they really that full of themselves?
What a bizarre way for a once world class company to operate.
I have the TOMTOM app and it has many mistakes in its map that I've encountered! Overall, it was worth the $50 bucks, though.
The Seven Phases of a Project.
- Enthusiasm
- Planning
- Disallusionment
- Fear and Panic
- Search for the Guilty
- Punishment of the Innocent
- Praise and Honors for the Non-Participants
Maybe now I'll be able to find my way home after a drunken night out, instead of ending up in a Japanese family's rec room.
At least he doesn't "sleep where he works", like the Chinese iPhone assemblers. They don't have any issues with the maps!
