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Apple Maps Redesign Expands to Austria, Croatia, Czechia, Hungary, Poland, and Slovenia
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Apple Maps are much better.
They have better algorithms and better traffic information.
Google is a database of addresses and restaurant reviews, but it's not for driving.
They have better algorithms and better traffic information.
Google is a database of addresses and restaurant reviews, but it's not for driving.
Is this actually true? At least for Vienna (Austria) I see the new map data active but not the Look Around feature.
Glad to see it available in more countries. Hoping the expansion to other regions continue.
Exactly, same issues for years, now with more appealing visuals.
- in middle and eastern Europe it is useless
- 90% of POIs missing in comparison to Google Maps
- road updates are 2-3 years behind
- I really tried to use it and sent tons of corrections and updates, it takes months, till it is added, if at all
- constructions and road work missing most of the time, if I use the reporting, next day they are gone again
- missing reviews of places
- can delete the app at least, but no chance to set anything else as default, only if you change the basic apps as well
- still no speed limit and actual speed, missing in Google Maps for Hungary as well, though in the Android version it has been added years before
- it tries to search for anything in the most stupid way, like baryon wrote, results from China, searching for a street and the first result is 200 km away, though the street exists in my city as well
This is some ideological stuff and while I understand your view, I was talking purely about how Apple Maps performs compared to Google Maps. And it objectively performs worse.
Google Maps have meaningful reviews, working traffic information (incl. static radar database), it's more updated. There are addresses and POIs which you can't find on Apple Maps yet you find them on Google Maps. Also fuzzy search works better on Google maps (you can have typo in you address search).
It's not that I love Google. Their product is objectively better now. And I added that I hope Apple Maps will get on par in the future. So I don't get your "angry" reaction to my post.
I’ve given it a try. Installed it, started with adding my home address (why it needs to have it in my card in contacts?!), after 10 minutes Maps still can’t take it from my contact list (it’s there), it works for work though. Having problems with such top1 feature I’m afraid how it works for more difficult tasks. Dear Apple you have my attention for a minute for this app and fail again.
We are waiting for predictive keyboard as well.
Errors are one thing but satelite imagery is dark trash. see yourself in comparison to local map app. Not talking about level of info maps provide, but that something I do not expect from Apple. \\but such map imagery I would throw from table.
Edit- I thought dark images are only here but I see they are dark everywhere. Bummer
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I don’t think it will for obvious reasons. At least not outside the US. Both feed from their user base and Google’s will always be infinitely larger unless Apple’s user base overtakes Android.
Their option is a gated community of Apple users which are a minority outside the US and the way maps software inherently works will keep Apple’s version worse.
Nothing apart from 2 hospitals around me are on Apple Maps when all businesses are on Google’s with accurate open/close hours. Apple will always be much better at UX and UI but could never compensate for their business model where they will never be truly good at anything that depends on large amounts of user input worldwide. Google is open for everyone including iPhone users and that’s why it’s the default. But that’s just my opinion.
No Turkey? Please Apple, all we need is Maps and Apple Pay here. There are 3 stores in Turkey and no sign of Maps and Pay… Really weird.
In Switzerland, Apple Maps is incomplete. Google Maps is more up to date and much more accurate. Apple's list of public transport is so sparse that it can not be relied upon at all.
There's no "close" when it comes to maps; they're either accurate and useful (Google) or inaccurate and useless (Apple).
Great, it now shows a rendering of a ferris wheel in some countries, but still doesn't show all the actual roads.
There's no "close" when it comes to maps; they're either accurate and useful (Google) or inaccurate and useless (Apple).
Great, it now shows a rendering of a ferris wheel in some countries, but still doesn't show all the actual roads.
Streets missing is surprising. Is it a lot or just some very specific, possibly very newly built ones?
New Switzerland Maps were rolled out few months ago in just Dec 2022 - so I would expect it to be much better since then. Have you checked it again since then?
No I haven't. I just did a quick check and it still doesn't show the bus to the airport at a stop near me, whereas Google Maps does. It wasn't missing lots of streets, just not showing a small number, or more frequently not showing them when I type in the street name and am searching for it. Quite a few small streets are either not named or are but for some reason don't show up when searching. Also, searching for business names often doesn't find anything, or starts listing companies in a different continent first.
I don't drive, but cycle lots and Google Maps shows cycle routes better. Or at least it used to. You're right; I should give it another go.
Ah yes, the good ole days when Maps didn’t even have turn-by-turn navigation because Google deliberately blocked it to give Android an advantage. Apple should definitely go back to being held captive by a competitor.
The only reason Google doesn’t continue to block features from iOS is because they now have competition.