Apple tried that and Google screwed them by withholding turn by turn. Apple is doing the right thing to get into maps and search. They'll maintain control of their own destiny and hurt their biggest competitor in the process. Seems like a no brainer.
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Apple-Leased Vans Gathering Maps Info for Shift to In-House Mapping Database
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Apple tried that and Google screwed them by withholding turn by turn. Apple is doing the right thing to get into maps and search. They'll maintain control of their own destiny and hurt their biggest competitor in the process. Seems like a no brainer.
Yeah. I am sure they will wait to release it until they have first driven these vans on every single road in the entire world...
Yeah, who cares if the map doesn't actually show you the place accurately or get you where you want to go, let's look at the pretty pictures!
"It may not be right, but it sure looks pretty!" Sheesh.
At the end, every map service is just a huge database and nothing more. To have a good and reliable database you just need two things: people and sources. Seems like apple dont have enough people and their sources are bad because outside the us, google maps is far more superior.
Is that a serious question?
Because it's on the peoples nature. Some people enjoy nothing more then moaning and complaining
Oh really?
MR is still using this mini van image as proof of Apple working on its own car...
Yeah, who cares if the map doesn't actually show you the place accurately or get you where you want to go, let's look at the pretty pictures!
"It may not be right, but it sure looks pretty!" Sheesh.
It regularly shows the correct locations, though it occasionally also has errors. Only reason I use Google Maps is select distance/directions, otherwise I use Apple Maps.
thats the point. with the cult apple managed to build up, its impossible not to outsell a competing product.
If they are doing street view type maps in the US good but what about the rest of the world. Many things from Apple like this take a long time to go international, if at all.
We have Google Maps which is updated fairly regularly depending on the location, could be better. Been in this house 5-6 years but it's still MIA on the Google aerial images and the street view is 5 years old.
How soon before they just send out a bunch of drones to go down streets to get the images?
We have Google Maps which is updated fairly regularly depending on the location, could be better. Been in this house 5-6 years but it's still MIA on the Google aerial images and the street view is 5 years old.
How soon before they just send out a bunch of drones to go down streets to get the images?
This is a half true, both companies didn't agree to the terms each other wanted, and therefore, they didn't renew the agreement for maps
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Couldn 't agree more, well, just one caveat, Google doesn't sale any type of data, anonymous or not
Not enough 'i's in the word.
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But there'll be much less UK to map, thereby speeding up the process. Always look on the bright side of life.
Is that a serious question?
Because it's on the peoples nature. Some people enjoy nothing more then moaning and complaining
so you dont think people would enjoy a better working app more? or the option to use a better working app as the default one?
Same here. Google and Garmin have both led me astray on multiple occasions, as, of course, has Apple Maps. It's the nature of GPS apps, evidently.
I find myself using Maps more often than not, because I like its interface. And it seems to be improving over time.
Sorry, but I don't see the point in reinventing the wheel.
If a company maps a street than that's mapped, and we should move on.
What in the world is the point in one company mapping a street, then another company doing the same thing?
It benefits no one duplicating the process.
For some things, in the computing world, yes sure, offer an alternative, but to try and re-map the world, with Apple Cannot do, as it simply does not have the worldwide commitment or interest in doing so, ten just don't bother.
If a company maps a street than that's mapped, and we should move on.
What in the world is the point in one company mapping a street, then another company doing the same thing?
It benefits no one duplicating the process.
For some things, in the computing world, yes sure, offer an alternative, but to try and re-map the world, with Apple Cannot do, as it simply does not have the worldwide commitment or interest in doing so, ten just don't bother.
Amazing so they work tirelessly to improve Maps in the US. Even if they achieve it there, their product is still crap compared to Google's if you happen to be anywhere else.
I agree this is pointless. They cannot compete on US soil and in the rest of the world their effort is barely showing at all.
I agree this is pointless. They cannot compete on US soil and in the rest of the world their effort is barely showing at all.