If I was concerned about privacy I wouldn't be using the internet.
Okay then, Apple can give up.
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Okay then, Apple can give up.
The current automatic handoff from Apple Maps to Google Maps when you need transit works well for me. But the writing was on the wall when Apple stopped identifying the route-handoff button as "transit" and just called it "apps." That tells the user that a) the handoff is for ANY purpose or app (not just transit) but also that b) something called "transit," internal to the app, is probably in the works!
anyone else think the contrast between roads and other areas should be more? The yellow is too light and too close to the white of the roads. You cannot see it well in bright light...as in pulled over to look at the map
As a fan of apple maps, i switched to google maps. Apple disappointed me. They haven't done anything for last two years.
Would be a nice feature for sure.
But still no word on why Apple Maps Traffic Information has stopped working a day ago?! And MacRumors doesn't seem it important enough to write about it?
iCloud-downtimes may have been resolved, but missing traffic-information is something Apple hasn't even acknowledged so far ...
Best regards,
VSG
But still no word on why Apple Maps Traffic Information has stopped working a day ago?! And MacRumors doesn't seem it important enough to write about it?
iCloud-downtimes may have been resolved, but missing traffic-information is something Apple hasn't even acknowledged so far ...
Best regards,
VSG
The vast majority of people aren't tech forum-goers. They kept on using Apple Maps and are barely aware of each tempest in a teapot. Yes, there's some awareness of the various "blog scandals," but not like we'd expect here in our echo chamber.
As for Apple cutting their losses... do you mean sell a phone with no maps? Because it wasn't Apple's choice to stop using Google Maps. It was a mutual decision, and perfectly reasonable for both parties. Google wanted access to iPhone user's private data, and they wanted to cross-promote Google services within Maps. It makes sense for them to want those things. And it makes sense for Apple to say No.
This is not true. I use contacts in Maps all the time. Just start typing someone's name in the search field.
Just FIX Maps already
Try using Apple Maps taking the Queensboro "Ed Koch" Bridge from Manhattan to Queens and try to get to 21st St. GOOD LUCK! Absolutely ridiculous and Apple should be (but of course never is) ashamed of themselves.
Try using Apple Maps taking the Queensboro "Ed Koch" Bridge from Manhattan to Queens and try to get to 21st St. GOOD LUCK! Absolutely ridiculous and Apple should be (but of course never is) ashamed of themselves.
THIS.
I use Apple Maps all the time. I think it's fine. I also think its far easier to use native apps as they all work together.
But virtually everyone I know uses Google Maps because "Apple Maps sucks." This is all they say, and admit they haven't used it in two years.
Yes, I want Apple Maps to work. However, wherever in the world I am, Google maps simply has detail far, far in advance of Apple Maps, every single time. Apple cannot catch up with that, presumably, unless they put in a huge amount of resources, which they seem unable to do. Perhaps they need a better logistics team? It always strikes me as odd that they have so much money, but are slow meet needs/demand in a number of areas.
He mentioned search--what he was asking about is the old list. I never noticed before he mentioned it! But it seems to have been replaced with a list of Favorites (which is good since it can be much shorter than ALL your contacts you never navigate to--and can include places not in your contacts).
I've never actually saved a Favorite in Maps, but the button for it is on top (above your Home) when you tap Search. You, so do have to tap the Search field to get to Favorites, but you don't have to type a search.
Would be a nice feature for sure.
But still no word on why Apple Maps Traffic Information has stopped working a day ago?! And MacRumors doesn't seem it important enough to write about it?
iCloud-downtimes may have been resolved, but missing traffic-information is something Apple hasn't even acknowledged so far ...
Best regards,
VSG
Did you check your settings?
What personal data does Google use that would be of any concern to me? I mean, really? This argument is laughable.
Pretty sad to see this get upvoted many times.
It seems people on here like to call other people dumb.
The "vast majority" realized Apple Maps sucks and quickly downloaded Google Maps once it was released for iOS 6. Apple's app is now just a minor annoyance to them that pops up by default because Apple won't allow a choice for their default maps app.
Were you involved with the negotiations between Google and Apple? Even if Google did demand such outlandish things, the inability to cut a deal that favors both company's interests reflects very poorly on Apple.
BFT! Might make Maps on the AW especially actually useful. Of course, devils is in the details and Maps doesn't have a great record there so will wait and see, but hopeful.
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*except when it's them doing the "dumb" thing.
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*except when it's them doing the "dumb" thing.
She hasn't posted anything unannounced other than what was in the public job description listed to all from Apple itself. Apple is always hiring people for potential feature or product that could make sense for the company from phones to cars which they don't hide. However, that does not mean they will ever release that future or anytime on when they will.
Exactly. This is a way for the company (or the maps team within the company) to tell critics in an informal way "look, we know you have these complaints, but just **** and be patient. We're working on them and you'll see the results soon."
I hopte this update also include an actualization of the maps itself because Apple Maps seems to ignore many building and streets that are more that 10 years old now, including businesses that operate for more than 15 years. They must probably double or triple what they currently have as a data base, especially outside the US to catch up with Google Maps. And for FlyOver they add like 10 cities every 6 months...with that speed they are going nowhere.
Which completely misses the point.
If you were to ask me where I live or work, or who my friends are, or where I like to hang out, or what I do with my free time, my answer would likely be, "None of your business." Why would I willing give information to a corporation (to commoditize) that I wouldn't give to a complete stranger?
How do you know what the "vast majority" of iPhone (and desktop) users do? Apple may know this (from data reported home by devices), but I doubt even Google knows. Certainly there is NO public information on the web about relative use frequencies.
I can say from my experience that I use Apple Maps more because it provides traffic info in a slightly more usable fashion, and because the UI is vastly easier to understand (perhaps Google's UI makes sense if you use Android every day, but feels utterly ass-backward on iOS).
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It is very easy within both iOS and OSX Maps to report an incorrect location or other problem with a map. I did so yesterday.
How often have you done this? Be part of the solution!