It's generally very good in England. Good directions that take account of live traffic, etc. Can't imagine that Scotland would be much different. I never use my old Garmin sat-nav anymore in the UK.
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Apple Maps Lane Guidance Expanding to Five More Countries
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It's generally very good in England. Good directions that take account of live traffic, etc. Can't imagine that Scotland would be much different. I never use my old Garmin sat-nav anymore in the UK.
Fact, Google Maps isn't perfect either, I used it a few times on my trip in Europe, 3 times it send me the wrong way while Apple was perfect.
It's called a highway. Not a freeway. It isn't free. You have to pay tolls
Apple Maps now provides lane guidance in five additional countries, including Australia, Canada, France, Germany, and the United Kingdom.
While navigating with Apple Maps via iPhone or CarPlay in those countries, a set of directional arrows will now appear at the top of the screen that indicate which lane your vehicle should be in to exit a freeway or complete a turn.
Apple Maps lane guidance has been available in the United States and China since iOS 11. The feature began rolling out in additional regions alongside the iOS 11.2 beta, and the countries are now reflected on Apple's iOS feature availability page.
Apple Maps still shows speed limits in the United States and United Kingdom only.
(Thanks, David!)
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Glad I live in California. Apple's Maps is the same as or better than Google's here in most ways. They have all the extra features like lane guidance and public transport working perfectly. They've been more accurate with ETAs and even a few road mappings in Los Angeles and Palm Springs.
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Yep. It looks like the article is mistaken in stating that this is related to the 10.2 beta.
Super helpful in heavy city traffic so you don't have to beg to switch lanes at the very last moment.
We toured the north of Scotland (we are based in Edinburgh) last summer. Apple Maps was good - oddly a good bit more accurate than Google Maps in the Highlands.
But overall, for routing I ended up going back to my Sygic app, which uses TomTom maps and traffic data, even though it doesn't work on CarPlay.
The introduction of lane guidance in Australia was a week or so ago (just noticed it was live when driving one day).
It finally has now replaced my cars in car GPS for day to day usage (being able to use Siri to get directions and interaction with my calendar trumps the one advantage the in car GPS has in terms of integration with the dash display).
Would still love to see Apple allow third party maps such as Waze, but I shan’t be holding my breath.
It finally has now replaced my cars in car GPS for day to day usage (being able to use Siri to get directions and interaction with my calendar trumps the one advantage the in car GPS has in terms of integration with the dash display).
Would still love to see Apple allow third party maps such as Waze, but I shan’t be holding my breath.
Great news then...I was a little concerned about Highland coverage. I'm used to Alaska coverage which is spotty at best in some areas. Now to figure if I'm going to use my US AT&T Sim or get a UK one for data....
It’s called a freeway or an expressway. “Free” of traffic signals because there’s no intersections. What you describe is a toll road, thruway, or turnpike. A highway is any road that connects 2 cities.
In the UK we call it a Motorway. Here they're mostly free, but a few have tolls.
In France, it's an Autoroute (most have tolls there). And in Germany, Das Autobahn!
Yes, that’s true but google maps has a big problem with lane guidance and lack of clarity. The indications onscreen are often different from the names you find on actual street signs (different city names, etc), and it is often wrong when it comes to keeping the correct lane. For example, you see this quite often in Zurich, which has many streets close together.
In the end, I don’t complain—it’s a free service, so it’s more than enough. But you need to pay a lot of attention while using it. I switched to satellite mode for example, because I noticed it helps a lot in these cases.
As someone who drives a fair bit in UK (mainly London), Apple Maps still hasn’t come close to replacing Google Maps. Even plugging destinations in now, it seems to take wildly different routes than Google Maps adding anything up to 25% to the journey time.
I have had both mapping systems screw up, both with the actual directions and with features. In my section of the US ( Iowa to Denver Colorado, Texas to North Dakota) Apple Maps is generally more accurate with the actual directions, but Google can find places by name more reliably. East Coast Google is generally more accurate. I don’t travel enough to the West Coast to know which gives better directions. This does change, sometimes quickly, with time as either or both update features and databases.
Apple Maps now provides lane guidance in five additional countries, including Australia, Canada, France, Germany, and the United Kingdom.
While navigating with Apple Maps via iPhone or CarPlay in those countries, a set of directional arrows will now appear at the top of the screen that indicate which lane your vehicle should be in to exit a freeway or complete a turn.
Apple Maps lane guidance has been available in the United States and China since iOS 11. The feature began rolling out in additional regions alongside the iOS 11.2 beta, and the countries are now reflected on Apple's iOS feature availability page.
Apple Maps still shows speed limits in the United States and United Kingdom only.
(Thanks, David!)
Article Link: Apple Maps Lane Guidance Expanding to Five More Countries
Australia has had lane guidance for several weeks now.
Can confirm - I noticed this a few days ago when driving in the UK.
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Not the case here - I use it regularly in the UK without issue.
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Not the case here - I use it regularly in the UK without issue.
I noticed this when driving to a gig this weekend. It was incredibly useful driving on the highway to areas I was absolutely unfamiliar with. Noticed much more “aggressive” turn off NOW directions too. Super useful! (Australia here)