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Apple Maps Incorporates HAAS Safety Cloud to Improve Roadway Hazard Alerts
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I got myself into a real mess once. Hit a complete road closure in the middle of no where with no cell signal. I couldn’t even pull up a map to manually navigate. I ended up having to just guess which way to go until I got some cell signal.
A REAL question. I’d much rather know about those than a work zone.
I have red light notifications on my Apple Maps in Canada.
I recently switched back to iPhone (last one was a 5s) and used the Apple Maps app. It started out okay but what was a serious miss is that it didn't (if you use audio) alert to turn as an intersection came up nor give good lane info on the freeway. For me, these have real value and was rather surprised. I'll be testing in a few days Google's maps on iPhone and see if it performs the same as it did on my Samsung Galaxy.
When it comes to privacy navigation is one of the harder things since a lot of it, especially real time updates, require crowd sourcing and tracking of some sort. Apple Maps has to rely on TomTom data, bloatware in the form of Yelp, and limited real time conditions due to a smaller group of users with stricter data mining policies.
Google has literally millions of users since it’s OS agnostic, it’s own map data, better reviews, and more accurate real time updates. Additionally you get software updates more frequently which is huge and the backend has a better chance to be updated given its most likely Google’s biggest data miner next to its search engine so accuracy is key.
Only you can answer if privacy is more important than accuracy/real time data. Apple will never win the Maps game unless users realize the only way for navigation to get better is allow for more data gathering.
Google has literally millions of users since it’s OS agnostic, it’s own map data, better reviews, and more accurate real time updates. Additionally you get software updates more frequently which is huge and the backend has a better chance to be updated given its most likely Google’s biggest data miner next to its search engine so accuracy is key.
Only you can answer if privacy is more important than accuracy/real time data. Apple will never win the Maps game unless users realize the only way for navigation to get better is allow for more data gathering.
They never included Waze features in google maps. I’ve been traveling a lot this past couple of months and usually a friend of mine has waze open while I use google. One time Waze did save us a lot of time but the other times Google was better.
That's not new. I've been seeing that for some months now. Unless I was unwittingly part of an early rollout test.
This makes absolutely no sense whatsoever of why you would need to know where law-enforcement is posted. If you’re following laws in accordance, then why would you need to know where the police are located. Think about that for a minute.
Males complete sense. Traffic cops are income generators who hand out BS tickets.
Further, Apple Maps already notifies us where traffic cameras are located. Why does it do that?
So if someone is going through an active school zone with kids present, and the driver got a hefty fine for being 15 mph over the speed limit then that is a bs ticket. Do you know what stops these so called bs and it is a simple, very simple thing to do? That is don’t run red lights (someone in Las Vegas) did that maybe 2 months ago and 9 people minding their business lost their lives or the LV Raider that killed that 23 year old young lady got to burn to death because someone though it was cool to speed at 156 mph but by the time he spotted her and got the brakes locked the impact was 127 mph. Extreme cases yes. People died though plus all of the drunk drivers or high on something, those people should get a BS ticket plus a long jail sentence and not nothing plea bargained down to a slap on the wrist. I am not berating you or your opinion, those are your rights to feel the way you do and perhaps you have had a great reason. I said what I said to speak out for people who no longer can. If I have offended you that was never my intention and I offer my apologies.
Yes! It's so freaking useless. I sit at a red light waiting to confirm that there's some kind of hazard up ahead, and the dialog expires before i even approach the area. ?
Waze is way better still I want the speed trap notifications and I’m not getting that on apple.
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Maps in the US and quite a few other places has ability to report speed checks (AKA police officers on the side of the road). When navigating, tap the bottom bar of the screen with the ETA info, select “Report an incident” and then “Speed check”. And when other people do it, Maps will notify you of speed checks ahead. I got the notification the other day when driving on the highway. Also I’ve seen Maps not only notify me about red light cameras, but also speed cameras.
Yeah I have been using apple maps and google more over Waze lately. Waze has been weird with routing.
Good feature. It will be nice if it is available outside US also.
Not true anymore, at least in the US. I think bicycling directions rolled out with iOS 14 or 15. I haven't actually used them, but they seem decent and have options for avoiding busy roads and hills.
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I always thought weird routing was Waze's "thing".
I never touch it because I don't like how cluttered it is, but when I've taken a Lyft in LA I've had a driver ask specifically if it's ok to use Waze (presumably because it's likely to be a convoluted route with more weird turns and tiny streets).
I don't like that Waze treats all roads the same, both in routing and visually. My mind works better when it can distinguish between major roads and minor ones, as Google Maps does. I also very much like how Google Maps tells you about alternate routes, and how much time it would save, and lets you make the choice, instead of auto-rerouting just to save a few minutes as others have said.