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Apple Fires Manager Responsible for Maps as Eddy Cue Turns to Outsiders for Help
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This was good news. Apple Maps needs big changes. It is much likely to happen under a new manager.
Funny thing, I haven't really encountered any problems with maps.
I've used it in Los Angeles, New York, Salt Lake City, Miami, and the respective surrounding regions. Search, turn by turn, etc. Seems to work fine. If anything, its a lot faster and has a cleaner interface.
Go figure.
There's places in the world other than big US cities
Go figure
I think Apple would be hesitant because Waze was built on the data we (the users) provide. That really isn't Apples style, and to remove that feature would make Waze not as useful.
If Apple has stuck with Google's own Maps app in previous verso of IOS, none of this would be a "shake-up" to begin with... No one would get canned.
Everyone would be happy..
The 5% that need it "fixed" can just use an alternative mapping system such as Waze (which is probably better by all cases to what we have now currently with Apple).
The die-hard Apple app fanboys who just won't budge, no matter how bad it gets.... well..... god help you.....
Seriously, Apple's dug itself into a hole, it can't get out of.
Not being "Apple's style" is one thing, but community driven Maps reports are the best and only thing that keeps maps up to date immediately, since companies can to it.
Everyone would be happy..
The 5% that need it "fixed" can just use an alternative mapping system such as Waze (which is probably better by all cases to what we have now currently with Apple).
The die-hard Apple app fanboys who just won't budge, no matter how bad it gets.... well..... god help you.....
Seriously, Apple's dug itself into a hole, it can't get out of.
Not being "Apple's style" is one thing, but community driven Maps reports are the best and only thing that keeps maps up to date immediately, since companies can to it.
80% of the time i need directions i would use Navigon app but for a quick search or route i use the maps app but its not always correct also the damn 3d flyover is annoying especially when im tring to zoom in it keeps going into 3d mode.. Plain and simple the new maps is annoying to use
First Apple couldn't afford to buy Google. Beyond that anti-trust would likely be an issue. It's not like Apple would want to take over Android or a number of Google's other overlapping projects anyway, so they'd be writing an enormous check to close doors and sell off unused assets. I really wish the uninformed posts of "Apple should buy X" would end. Every bit of this is silly. Even the idea that Apple can't have Google maps without owning the company is silly.
The Apple Maps debacle forced me to try Waze. I've had it on my phone for a year and never used it. It was one of those "download it because it's free, sounds useful, and then it got lost amidst hundreds of other icons on my phone" type of things.
I recently used it on a 900-mile trip and it was fantastic. I don't know what kind of crowd-sourced data Apple is supposedly collecting with their app, but Waze seems to be a ton more useful in the limited time I've been using it.
During the middle of my trip, I told my wife (who agrees that Apple Maps currently sucks) that Apple should just buy Waze. However, if they did that it would destroy the best part about Waze which is that it's cross-platform. That's the smart way to do a navigation app, in my opinion. Get it within reach of as many people as possible.
I recently used it on a 900-mile trip and it was fantastic. I don't know what kind of crowd-sourced data Apple is supposedly collecting with their app, but Waze seems to be a ton more useful in the limited time I've been using it.
During the middle of my trip, I told my wife (who agrees that Apple Maps currently sucks) that Apple should just buy Waze. However, if they did that it would destroy the best part about Waze which is that it's cross-platform. That's the smart way to do a navigation app, in my opinion. Get it within reach of as many people as possible.
Hope they fire the App Store app team as well. One of the worst _downgrades_ EVER. I essentially don't browse the store anymore because it is so goddamn inefficient. I mean, WTF is this search? browsing the top lists in categories is insane.
Steve WOULD do that.
All I can say is: GOOD EFFING RIDDANCE to incompetence. Forstall was prime among the monkeys, of course...but with RIDICULOUS things like the iPad Music app, the MUCH-WORSE app browser and the map debacle, I can only wonder: is it time to summon SJ's spectre yet?
Now if only Cook could move back to his COO position instead of adventuring in a role he is definitely not ready for...
Memo to Apple: GET SERLET AND TEVANIAN BACK ON BOARD, PLEASE!
You guys are awesome. How did any of you get around before google maps or Tom Tom or whatever you use. This is great!
"Apple maps took me to the street next to where I needed to be and the Starbucks was three doors down from where Apple Maps said it should be." OHHH THE HUMANITY!
And why would Apple want to bring Google back into the mix? So they can make the customer happy? Are you serious? That may be the mantra of business but it is not the mantra with Apple in regards to Google. This is about money. It seems like the map app hasn't effected sales of the iPhone 5.
I am sure Apple is thrilled that Google is not in the iOS. Apple doesn't want to contribute any revenue to Google. In time Maps will get better.
I am surprised some of you just don't switch to Android phones. I mean if Maps IS that horrible why stay on the iOS platform.
You guys rock! This may be the definition of First World Problems.
"Apple maps took me to the street next to where I needed to be and the Starbucks was three doors down from where Apple Maps said it should be." OHHH THE HUMANITY!
And why would Apple want to bring Google back into the mix? So they can make the customer happy? Are you serious? That may be the mantra of business but it is not the mantra with Apple in regards to Google. This is about money. It seems like the map app hasn't effected sales of the iPhone 5.
I am sure Apple is thrilled that Google is not in the iOS. Apple doesn't want to contribute any revenue to Google. In time Maps will get better.
I am surprised some of you just don't switch to Android phones. I mean if Maps IS that horrible why stay on the iOS platform.
You guys rock! This may be the definition of First World Problems.
I would never use an effing copycat phone like Android - this doesn't mean I don't have the right to complain about Apple's recent blunders...after all, I work hard to pay for my toys.
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Why do you want it clutter free? It's not like Google Maps is more distracting. Clutter free maps are useless maps.
Because sometimes some clean-up is necessary to start over without flawed preconceptions.
Many fans claimed it was a minor issues. Not Apple. Not any Maps/Navi experts.
but... thats just the problem ...
In time it will get better... In the meantime though, what we we supposed to do ?
Twiddle our thumbs?
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I don't think it's GPS reception, it's whatever map data or routing algorithms they're using. The app is giving me turn by turn directions into dead end streets that would be recognized as dead ends and avoided if it were working correctly. It knows where I am and where I'm going, it's just screwing up once I'm within a 1-2 block radius of the destination for whatever reason.
I used Navigon or Google Maps prior to this and I never had problems like this.
http://www.apple.com/letter-from-tim-cook-on-maps/
"While were improving Maps, you can try alternatives by downloading map apps from the App Store like Bing, MapQuest and Waze, or use Google or Nokia maps by going to their websites and creating an icon on your home screen to their web app."
yep... i'm well aware of the letter..
Even Apple admits this its not up to par, since they recommended alternatives. to their own....
My biggest problem with the maps application in iOS 6 is the lack of finding a bus. I rely on the bus as a student, and it's dreadful having to use our iPad, which can't be upgraded to iOS 6, or my wife's phone, who didn't download iOS 6. At first I thought it was a minor inconvience but in the end I kind of regret it, and there was no real pay off for iOS 6, except for not having to enter your password for updating apps, which I could do from the computer without a password in the end. I have heard about the problems with maps, but I don't rely on the GPS-like feature of Apple maps, so I can't comment on the reliability of the app in that regard.