Never had an issue with Apple Maps...
Does that then mean there is no problem with it? No.
No mapping service is perfect, however based on public reviews, Googles are a fair bit more accurate. You'd be crazy not to expect that though. They have had a massive headstart, and have a hell of a lot more resources than Apple.
To name but a few:
- They own a fleet of UAV's that can detect roadways, as well as take birds eye photos.
- The fleet of 250 Street view cars in the US alone (unknown how many across the rest of the world, but likely comes close to 1000 in total)
- Several years headstart
- Their own license with GeoSat, giving them control over one of their satellites for imagary.
In comparison, as far as we can tell Apple have:
- A smaller team
- No international teams
- All major data from TomTom.
- No access to their own satellite mapping, resulting in very dated imagery (to give you an idea, my town's photos are at least 8 years out of date).
I can completely accept that in some cases Apple maps perform as they should - and thats great, they serve their purpose and work for you. However as I said, Google's are 'better' when it comes to global coverage. Apple Maps in the UK are horribly inaccurate in many places, showing businesses that have been defunct for nearly 20 years, towns in wrong locations, etc. It wouldn't be so much of a problem if Apple actually fixed it when reported, but they dont - things I reported the week Maps came out still have not been fixed. In comparison whenever I've reported issus on Bing or Google Maps, they are fixed within a couple of days.
I get that we have these two divided groups of 'Apple Fanboys' and 'Google Fanboys'. But from a non-childish perspective, it cant be denied that as a whole, Google Maps is significantly more advanced and accurate than Apple Maps.