I picked up a new Audi in Germany 2 weeks ago. I drove 2000 kilometers through Czech Republic, Austria, Italy & Switzerland for a week. The car is a US model so the built in GPS didn't work. They provided me with a Garmin unit but since the car has Apple Car play and I had internet, I thought I use the Maps app instead of the Garmin.
I have to say Maps is by far the worst navigation app ever. Not only the interface is poor and simple but the directions are just plain limited. There are no "lanes" like in Google Maps, no points of interest along the route, no icons to show you gas stations or rest areas or multiple destinations but the worst thing is if you make a mistake an miss an exit, the recalculation of the route seldom happens, it gets stuck on where you were and it doesn't correct itself. Also the accuracy of Internet based GPS is horrible. I got lost 4 times and when I mean lost, I mean I had to pull out the Garmin GPS to get back into civilization. Europe is not like the US where u have street numbers and cross avenues. One wrong exit and you end up in the middle of nowhere... I wasted a long time and drove dozens of extra miles just getting back on the road since Maps was so off it was asking me to turn where there was no turn or tell me I was in the middle of a lake or 10 blocks away from my actual location on a big city.
Lucky for me I had the Garmin to save me but I will never, ever use Maps again. Apple should just forget about it and put their efforts on other things.
I have to say Maps is by far the worst navigation app ever. Not only the interface is poor and simple but the directions are just plain limited. There are no "lanes" like in Google Maps, no points of interest along the route, no icons to show you gas stations or rest areas or multiple destinations but the worst thing is if you make a mistake an miss an exit, the recalculation of the route seldom happens, it gets stuck on where you were and it doesn't correct itself. Also the accuracy of Internet based GPS is horrible. I got lost 4 times and when I mean lost, I mean I had to pull out the Garmin GPS to get back into civilization. Europe is not like the US where u have street numbers and cross avenues. One wrong exit and you end up in the middle of nowhere... I wasted a long time and drove dozens of extra miles just getting back on the road since Maps was so off it was asking me to turn where there was no turn or tell me I was in the middle of a lake or 10 blocks away from my actual location on a big city.
Lucky for me I had the Garmin to save me but I will never, ever use Maps again. Apple should just forget about it and put their efforts on other things.