Apple Maps Transit Directions Work Across Much of Greater Toronto Area

[AppleInLVX]

I wish Apple success in the map effort. A lot of improvement has been made, but it is still not close to the quality of Google maps. Just today, I had to go somewhere. Typed the address for the place (nothing new, some place that probably has been there for over 20 years). Apple maps dropped the pin on the police station, at least a block from the correct location. Google, spot on. I know this is only anecdotal, but I believe I've had many more negative experiences with accuracy and navigation with Apple maps than with Google, in multiple places. On the other hand I like the graphics from Apple maps, it is just the content. However, as I said. I've noticed a lot of improvements and lately they've been responsive to any errors I have reported to them. For me it is great that I have the choice of Apple or Google maps.

Yeah, I had the same experience late last month. Wanted to find a place, followed Apple maps, not there. Looked it up on google, found the place 1.5km up the road from where I was. Went to where Google said it was. Spot on.

I dunno how they improve this stuff, but it does still need refinements.

 

[yaboyac29]

It must really be awful having no way to pay for anything. How do you survive?

you can say the same thing about this useless transit information.

 

[RigoStar]

Too bad I recently moved from Hamilton! Go the Hammer!
Ok Apple, let's see Metro Vancouver next

You mean Montreal? Second city in Canada, and has a very dense transit service.

 

[53kyle]

I don't see it listed, so I'll mention it here. Sebastopol, CA seems to have working transit directions. I'm pretty surprised. It is a quite small city, so I wasn't expecting for it to work right away!

 

[AlphaHumanus]

Right. It's a real shame. Because every American backwater town is more important than the fifth most populous district in North America.
That's the sort of attitude that really endears Americans to the rest of the world

Whatever. They've shoe horned in most of Southern Ontario before covering similarly sized cities in America. My region is almost entirely neglected by Apple maps.

 

[Joe Rossignol]

I don't see it listed, so I'll mention it here. Sebastopol, CA seems to have working transit directions. I'm pretty surprised. It is a quite small city, so I wasn't expecting for it to work right away!

Yep — transit directions also work in the extended Bay Area such as San Francisco, Sacramento, San Jose and smaller cities in between such as Sebastopol. Not 100% full coverage though outside of San Francisco yet it seems.

 

[larrylaffer]

Right. It's a real shame. Because every American backwater town is more important than the fifth most populous district in North America.
That's the sort of attitude that really endears Americans to the rest of the world

I live in southern California, which I'll wager is much more densely populated than either of your two areas, and LA is not on the launch day list.

 

[lunarworks]

Whatever. They've shoe horned in most of Southern Ontario before covering similarly sized cities in America. My region is almost entirely neglected by Apple maps.

Could be they just covered the regions that were easiest to get transit data from first.

Anyway, the GTHA (the area covered) has about 7 million people in it.

 

[wrinkster22]

Whatever. They've shoe horned in most of Southern Ontario before covering similarly sized cities in America. My region is almost entirely neglected by Apple maps.

Probably because a lot of these areas have a large population who take GO trains to Toronto every day. Also Apple is probably realizing that Toronto is just as important if not more important to "similar sized cities in America"

 

[n-evo]

The Netherlands had scoop where it's the first country to have nation-wide transit coverage in Google Maps. We have a open source API for all public transit apps can tap into. Real shame Apple doesn't immediately utilize this. Really disappointed we have to wait even longer for them to get their act together.

 

[pubb]

Niagara Region has 431,000 residents.
The Buffalo Niagara area has 1.2 million residents.

Niagara Region is NOT the GTA. Really, neither is The Hammer...

Pubb

Right. It's a real shame. Because every American backwater town is more important than the fifth most populous district in North America.
That's the sort of attitude that really endears Americans to the rest of the world

 

[wrinkster22]

Niagara Region has 431,000 residents.
The Buffalo Niagara area has 1.2 million residents.

Niagara Region is NOT the GTA. Really, neither is The Hammer...

Pubb

I have a feeling "iPhone density" has something to do with it. Also the attitude towards public transit.