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Apple Plans to Use Data-Collecting Drones in Order to 'Catch Up' With Google Maps
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Actually, Apple's map interface is, and always has been, infinitely superior to Google's. Their Achilles heel is data, not UI design.
constantly updated Apple Maps, would improve over the time required for mini vans.... but wonder if Apple will get into trouble the same way Google did by not blurring stuff.
It's like ... new, so really anything can happen
All i can say is, 'stand back and prepare for total destruction.' Either Apple can do this, or they can't.
It's like ... new, so really anything can happen
All i can say is, 'stand back and prepare for total destruction.' Either Apple can do this, or they can't.
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Google bought Waze years ago, lol.
Google bought waze couple years back.
One can only guess the execs decision making reasons, but it probably has something to do with giving their customers an option that still preserves their privacy. I'd rather have the option from Apple. JMHO...
The other side of this though - automated drones flying around everywhere taking pictures / video etc. is a rather depressing future waiting for us...and one that appears pretty much unavoidable.
Apple Maps is probably the biggest failure of Apple. Their map data is way behind times. Their satellite imaging is 2 or even 4 years old in certain areas. They seem to be getting their data from TomTom, and they are not any better. At this rate they will never catch up with Google.
Instead of trying to improve their map data first, they are spending time with useless stuff like Flyover and 3D maps. Apple's priorities are puzzling. Hey Apple, where are the emojis for the maps?
With IOS 10 allowing us to delete system programs, Apple Map was the first one I deleted. Too bad I can't set Google Maps as the default map program.
Instead of trying to improve their map data first, they are spending time with useless stuff like Flyover and 3D maps. Apple's priorities are puzzling. Hey Apple, where are the emojis for the maps?
With IOS 10 allowing us to delete system programs, Apple Map was the first one I deleted. Too bad I can't set Google Maps as the default map program.
google maps was not built in a day so its gonna take a while for apple to catch up.
I like the design and interface better then google but I simply dont trust apple maps that much.
I like the design and interface better then google but I simply dont trust apple maps that much.
Only UI thing I would improve is highlighting the ability to print turn by turn directions
They look great and it's unfortunate not many people know they exist, or how to use them (even I had a hard time finding them, you have to share view and tap print... really?)
That is common across the different platforms. One area will have updated images / maps on one platform, but not the other. Over time if you watch a given area you will see Apple, Bing, and Google Leapfrog each-other with satellite images.
In my case, Bing has the most updated satellite images of my house, where Google and apple show a truck I no longer own sitting in my driveway. Yet jump ~30 miles away where my office is, A cooling tower we had installed shows up on Google and Apple, yet not on Bing.
Apple needs to relax and let us choose our own defaults already... I hope it happens in IOS 11.
They allow all these great apps but dont let us make them our main choice?
When you're no longer an Apple customer, will you still come here to moan?
And before signs people used the stars. Thank goodness I and the rest of the unwashed masses have your guidance.
Its all leap frog...... almost like its a "race to compete'
I wonder how many can still do that, like saying, how many people would use a map, and how many cold navigate by the stars still today
Good to know.
Well, I guess Apple was too late, or figured that they would improve on Apple Maps.
Even though Waze is not always perfect, it is the best app I have used for navigation. I just wished it worked with CarPlay, because Apple Maps sucks big time.
I've gone from only using Google maps to where I'm now using Apple maps almost as much. Accuracy is paramount so maybe these drones will add useful data.
Use Google street view in any major city in Germany, hello 2008.
So things like directions and traffic are less important than looking at a photo of the rooftop of a building?
I use google maps for indoor mapping of shopping malls so I have a better idea of where to park based on the store(s) I want to go to.
Apparently apple also wanted to buy waze but google beat them to it.
What they really need to work on is the most important part: understanding which part of what I entered is the street name, the name of the business, the street number and the post code. Google always gets this right, while Apple maps pretty much never gets it right. Google Maps is like doing a Google Search, while Apple Maps is like doing a search on Reddit. Even if you type it perfectly correctly sometimes it will give you a result on the other side of the globe, sometimes it will give you 25 results even though there is one obvious one, and sometimes it will give you no result at all. This is why I no longer use it, even though I tried, I really did, and I still check back on it every once in a while, and it isn't improving at all in this regard.
Yup, I have put in searches that are next to me yet I get something in Sweden...