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Apple Maps to Be Rebuilt 'From the Ground Up' With First-Party Data Over the Next Year
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It's not about stigma. It's about the fact that they seriously suck anywhere outside of the US
I wonder why they chose not to mention this at WWDC? I would’ve replaced the Apple TV section or one of the AR game demos with this.
Great to see. Google Maps has gotten too busy and I prefer Apple's cleaner interface. I would however love to see them drop Yelp as partner. Every business search directs you to that stupid app. Plus address look ups still create issues. In the past month I've had 3x where Apple Maps pointed to the wrong location.
Because it's not a developer feature? The AR demo was just to showcase some ideas of what the devs (the actual audience for WWDC) could do.
Apple Maps is yet another thing that Apple ruined.
In London, you can't even see the tube stops easily, you have to zoom in and then slowly search for them.
In the old version, they were significant and really stood out from a distance.
I stopped using Apple maps and starting using the much better designed Google Maps.
In London, you can't even see the tube stops easily, you have to zoom in and then slowly search for them.
In the old version, they were significant and really stood out from a distance.
I stopped using Apple maps and starting using the much better designed Google Maps.
Six years. SIX YEARS of abusing customers with junk data, and they think it's a good news story they're having to throw it all out and start again because it's irretrievable?
They still don't have a workable business location gathering strategy either, their Yelp POI is hopeless (especially outside of the US where Yelp is essentially dead).
They still don't have a workable business location gathering strategy either, their Yelp POI is hopeless (especially outside of the US where Yelp is essentially dead).
I’ve seen Apple Maps cars in my little town southwest of Spokane. Was excited to see it.
I only use Apple Maps, and have had few problems with the directions given, even way out here. I use Apple Maps because you can give corrections back to the staff in the app. I don’t think you can do that with Google Maps anymore.
I only use Apple Maps, and have had few problems with the directions given, even way out here. I use Apple Maps because you can give corrections back to the staff in the app. I don’t think you can do that with Google Maps anymore.
On my desktop/browser, my experience with Google maps seems...different, than with Google on my iPhone. And I can't put my finger on it. Like results aren't always the same? I've been sticking with Apple Maps instead and haven't had any issues. My travel is limited to larger metro cities though.
Apple Maps has never been as competent as Google for me. I've always found more inaccuracies and missing data (such as showing roads going through that don't, showing a road as a straight line when it's full of curves, not showing one-way streets, not showing biking and hiking trails). It definitely has room for improvement.
I feel like I am in the minority, but I love Apple Maps. I don't even have Google Maps on my phone.
I am excited for the updates.
I am excited for the updates.
Well they debuted Apple Music at WWDC keynote and that wasn’t a developer feature. I’d be curious to know how many in that auditorium are really interested in those game demos.
There isn't enough space on your phone for the entire US. One large city could take a GB by itself.
No. Most likely they've always wanted to have their own baseman. But something like that takes a long time to produce and they needed to get away from Google pronto. So, they listened Tom Tom's base map temporarily until theirs was usable.
By owning their own basemap, they can update it as quickly and as often as they want to. Instead of taking corrections submitted by users and passing them to Tom Tom.
My guess anyway.
Are you all truly this dense not to realize Apple has been mapping the globe for the past 5 years and this will just be the start of it's implementation?