How much Maps has improved since iOS 6?

[Lostanddamned]

Like any map or satnav Apple Maps is only as good as its users.

If you just say "oh ok then" and allow yourself to blindly drive into a river/airport runway/wall/the wrong way up a highway, you can't then blame the map. That was all happening outside your windscreen, right in front of your eyes.

But the machine with no eyes said to do it, so you just went on ahead.

 

[bransoj]

Yeah but of course only Apple maps suck

Of course!! Its Apple so its dragged through the media!!

 

[Fuchal]

Apple maps still says No results found for anything I type in on both my iPhone 5 and iPad Air. So it still sucks.

 

[Creek0512]

Apple Maps crushes Google for me because Google doesn't seem to know the main road I live off of in a city with 200,000+ people even exist. I can see the road on Google maps, but it refuses to route directions on it. It won't even let me drag the route on to the road. Any minor issue I've ever had with Apple Maps you can also apply to Google. The difference is people expect Google to be mediocre and they expect Apple to be magical.

 

[attila]

Lacks information in United Kingdom and has wrong public transport data, if any at all.

So, no.

Google Maps has the upper hand with bus and train information, as well as routes for pedestrians.

 

[BOOmBoTz401]

Seems to be I moving for me, just watch out in busy city's

Loves to put me down the wrong side of one ways

 

[Nevaborn]

There is improvment, however it is still saying my city has an animal zoo by the icon based on business data of a store I can not see with only 1 review from 5 years ago.

Probably reported that ad 20 other problems this year.

I would love Apple to intergrate fuel pricing at garages and allow for user updates to the app so it can be kept up to date a bit like TomToms and other sat nav companies shared user data.

 

[Dontazemebro]

One thing I prefer about maps to google maps are the little intricate details, such as turnarounds on interstate highways. Google fails to show this.

 

[Am3r1ca16]

Where I live it has improved. I just recently noticed that my house and most of the city where I live is in 3D. It wasn't before.

 

[deluxeshredder]

They are now as useless as ever in Moscow.

 

[ErikGrim]

Did a road test of the following sat navs running concurrently on a road trip from Brisbane to Coffs Harbour (~390Km, 4.45hrs):

Apple Maps
Waze (Google Maps)
Trapster (Nokia Here)
Mazda 3 built in nav

Overall I rated them on these criteria: accuracy of directions, accuracy of estimated time, accuracy of traffic reporting, readability of maps)

It came out like this:
Apple Maps (Accurate directions, spot on time estimate, good traffic reporting, excellent readability/overview with street names and labels)
Waze (Not accurate directions - missed big highway shortcut, time estimate off by 10 min, excellent traffic reporting, ok readability)
Trapster (Accurate directions, no time estimate, excellent traffic reporting, ok readability - greater overview)
Mazda 3 built in nav (Accurate directions, time estimate off by 45 min (!), no traffic reporting, terrible readability)

 

[matttye]

They fixed most of the problems in my immediate area, but there's still some problems in my city. Wrongly placed POIs, hundreds of missing POIs, places that are now closed etc. It seems like if it takes them a whole year to fix problems, how will they ever keep up?! A lot has changed in that year...