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Apple Maps don't suck! (merged)
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As I said earlier it works great here in Southern California. I ask my daughter to check it out in Miami Florida and she just got back to me and said it works fine there.
Apple's Maps are superior in my opinion, yeah some of the streets are a little off and some of the POI symbols are in the wrong place (there's a random hotel symbol near me, I don't really live near any hotels) but they actually bring up info now as opposed to just being on the map. I was a little let down by my area not having 3D view but oh well, maybe they'll add it, maybe they won't. Some major streets are mapped as two streets going in either direction so I noticed one or two missing/incomplete intersections. But overall it truly is a better experience, I wish it worked well everywhere.
And I will say that Google definitely has the edge on satellite images, they're more up to date and have a higher resolution. I do miss Streetview but it isn't anymore or any less useful than 3D maps are for me. Whenever I used Streetview it was to explore places while bored, just like 3D maps. If Google releases an improved maps app I'm definitely going to use it in addition to Apple Maps.
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And I will say that Google definitely has the edge on satellite images, they're more up to date and have a higher resolution. I do miss Streetview but it isn't anymore or any less useful than 3D maps are for me. Whenever I used Streetview it was to explore places while bored, just like 3D maps. If Google releases an improved maps app I'm definitely going to use it in addition to Apple Maps.
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I don't get the logic of "My neighborhood show up fine, Apple Maps is a-ok!"
Why would you need a map of your neighboorhood in the first place?
Here's what I think. If it's not fine in all the places I will be going to and might be going to, it's not fine!
There are major cities in the world that are getting crap mapping, and that just won't do because that's where I will be using the map app, not around my neighboorhood.
Why would you need a map of your neighboorhood in the first place?
Here's what I think. If it's not fine in all the places I will be going to and might be going to, it's not fine!
There are major cities in the world that are getting crap mapping, and that just won't do because that's where I will be using the map app, not around my neighboorhood.
Its good that Apple is getting fire for Maps.
We'll get even better maps from them now.
3D maps is ok...needs tons of improvements though. Apple nailed turn by turn, but Flyover is still a huge problem.
For some reason I couldn't get a Flyover of Pairs France (Eiffel Tower), however pretty sure Apple's demo of it during WWDC worked perfectly.
We'll get even better maps from them now.
3D maps is ok...needs tons of improvements though. Apple nailed turn by turn, but Flyover is still a huge problem.
For some reason I couldn't get a Flyover of Pairs France (Eiffel Tower), however pretty sure Apple's demo of it during WWDC worked perfectly.
I haven't heard "bridge and tunnel" reference in a long time. As a born and raised Manhattanite, the only people that ever used that term were usually NYC wannabes. Thanks for making me laugh
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Maps has been great for me thus far. Voice-navigation is just so quick and responsive. Guess I'm just the lucky few.
Ah, you're both a massive tool AND can't understand simple language. I'm sure you're extremely unhappy with your life.
I haven't used it extensively, but from what I can tell its not that bad. I'm not sure why so many are complaining. It works well enough and I'm sure Apple will update it eventually. To me Google's Maps wasn't that great anyway, though it was useful at times. It'll be funny if Apple turns this thing into something better than competition, which I think they have the ability to do.
I disagree here. I don't know about accuracy of maps or how much data of businesses it has compared to google (I suspect not near as much. As for accuracy I haven't seen much problems but I haven't really looked outside my area).
But, I disagree that street view is better. Cause after looking at the 3D maps, 3D is far better for what I'd use streetview for. It lets me look at things from all angles, not just whatever angle they took the pick and to see how it relates to the nearby buildings to give me a better picture of what the area I am looking for looks like. I've tried to use streetview and sometimes it just isn't helpful (it doesn't take a pic of what I'm looking for and I can only see it from some angle from only what is in the frame rather than in context of what is around it. It helps some but 3D view will help a lot more where I can see more angles and see how it looks in relation to everything around it).
In my opinion if done well and elaborated on and made more accurate (as well as given more data), it is far superior to street view.
So my feeling is Apple should have done better on making sure the maps were more accurate and had at least decent data (I wouldn't expect as good as Google but at least decent) but the 3d definitely has potential. Also, I like how maps smoothly zoom in and out on the maps without having to keep reloading an image, that is very nice. Or the fact it seems to keep that data around for a while (I haven't looked at maps on my ipad since at least last night or before, went to a friends and was wanting to show her something, and it still had loaded info from the area I was looking at plus some areas around I hadn't looked at).
Apple maps has potential to be really nice but they are going to have to keep working at it (and not just yearly updates cause people are not going to be that patient on this, plus eventually google will put out its iOS app and once they do that people will give Apple even less of a chance). Cause they are going to quickly lose their window of opportunity to get people to consider them when google maps already really has a good bit of mindshare.
Apple is long known for yielding a reality distortion field. Except this time they take their mantra literally.
your totally wrong. Google maps has had turn by turn navigation for 3 years
also has voice search
traffic widgets come free with google maps for your home screen so you dont even need to open maps to see what the traffic is like.
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google maps is fully intergrated into the web browser- highlight an address on a web page and you can open it with google maps.
you need to get out your apple bubble once in a while
Neither of my Android devices had turn by turn, it was just a map with directions.
It certainly didnt on my iPhone.
I could click an address in my contacts, follow steps and at best it would give a path with directions, but it wasnt turn by turn as Apple Maps.
Also, you had to set your screen to never time out, otherwise phone would lock and youd have no guidance.
With Apple Maps, you click address, it gives you direction and voice turn by turn.
It will also keep your screen on.
It will also keep a banner at top no matter app thats open so you always have direction....along with voice turn by turn
Or, you can lock screen and it will wake phone in lock screen and show you the next turn, then shut itself off again to conserve battery.
Im not in an Apple bubble. Im just not way over the top like some of these people.
I never saw any Voice Turn bu Turn on either my Samsung Fascinate or HTC that Google Maps.
Id love to be proven wrong.
http://maps.google.com/help/maps/helloworld/android/directions.html#feature-android-navigation
See the link.
Google Maps for Android had turn by turn navigation for years now. And vector maps...
Edit: This page shows the history:
http://maps.google.com/help/maps/helloworld/behind/history.html
Google Maps on Android has had turn-by-turn nav for 3 years now, and vector maps for 2 years. This year they launched offline maps.
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I tend to agree but so far I'm not that impressed by flyover. I was when I saw the presentation but on my new iPad and iPhone 5 buildings do not look like photos but remind me of good old command conquer days. Are buildings supposed to look like pixelated renderings
So far in my own little tests of the Apple vs Google is this, Apple is far better. I used my iPad 1 running iOS 5 and still having the Map app from Google, against my 3rd Gen iPad which has been upgraded to iOS 6. My results are as follows:
Home Address
Google version of Maps ad my apartment a half mile down the road, and in the center of the palm nearby.
Apple version correctly pinpointed the street and even the building I lived.
I then used a familiar local landmark (The Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World. Google and Apple had both pinpointed the theme park.
Using the Magic Kingdom I then did a travel route I then asked for directions to my current location.
Google - The route from the Magic Kingdom had ne drive the same route via interstate highways with the exeption that the place I live in is actually being placed a half mile away in the dark
Apple maps not only pinpointed my apartment correctly but gave me the same route I drive everyday PLUS 2 alternate routes. One of the alternate routes ws a route I take when the main route is backed up, the third route was a route I was not at all familiar with, but did start and end in the same places.
Home Address
Google version of Maps ad my apartment a half mile down the road, and in the center of the palm nearby.
Apple version correctly pinpointed the street and even the building I lived.
I then used a familiar local landmark (The Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World. Google and Apple had both pinpointed the theme park.
Using the Magic Kingdom I then did a travel route I then asked for directions to my current location.
Google - The route from the Magic Kingdom had ne drive the same route via interstate highways with the exeption that the place I live in is actually being placed a half mile away in the dark
Apple maps not only pinpointed my apartment correctly but gave me the same route I drive everyday PLUS 2 alternate routes. One of the alternate routes ws a route I take when the main route is backed up, the third route was a route I was not at all familiar with, but did start and end in the same places.
It finds it if you search for "lhr". It reminds me of the fun you used to have with search engines before Google came along and built one that worked...
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how long ago was this?
i have an ancient droid pro and it has turn by turn directions. did you even install google navigation from the play store?
from wikipedia
either you never updated the maps application or never notice the blue arrow navigation icon that appears on screen which then loads turn by turn navigation