Nothing that Google does is "free of charge". It's just a hidden cost that you don't see - the price is all the information about you that Google can lay their hands on.
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How To Report a Problem With iOS 6 Maps Data
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Nothing that Google does is "free of charge". It's just a hidden cost that you don't see - the price is all the information about you that Google can lay their hands on.
Not sure if this was sarcastic or not, but yes, I do like having my personal information as widely separated as possible.
please tell me you don't expect me to help Apple fix this. this is a screen cap of entire blocks of businesses in Chicago that have no information. CHICAGO!!! this is what i've found for multiple areas in the city when trying to find POI to get to or send people.
it's neither reasonable to force this on me nor ask me to do their homework for them in order to make it a working product.
btw, don't tell me it's because of my zoom level. i zoomed all the way in and out and didn't have anything show up.
it's neither reasonable to force this on me nor ask me to do their homework for them in order to make it a working product.
btw, don't tell me it's because of my zoom level. i zoomed all the way in and out and didn't have anything show up.
Fixing & improving maps is good for everyone. I'll try to help. But here in Latvia they are so empty and incomplete that I don't know where to start. 
On a side note - I love to see those taller screenshots starting to appear.
On a side note - I love to see those taller screenshots starting to appear.
Still low or no data on sat images
Hi All
Why are all the satellite images a blur even when zoomed out ?????
its impossible to correct the map when you can't see it
Hi All
Why are all the satellite images a blur even when zoomed out ?????
its impossible to correct the map when you can't see it
What are you going on about? I'll repeat it: If you run a business, it's in your best interest to make sure that your business can be found in Apple's maps. To anyone with a clear mind and/or running a business that is just common sense.
Well, I did my part and sent them 5 or 6 problems in my town.
The data really has tons of problems, although it will never be perfect (Google's isn't in my town). But it needs to get way better really quickly.
However I gotta say I've used it recently and it did the job just fine. I know everyone is piling on right now - and hey, Apple deserves it. Hopefully it motivates them to upgrade the software faster.
The data really has tons of problems, although it will never be perfect (Google's isn't in my town). But it needs to get way better really quickly.
However I gotta say I've used it recently and it did the job just fine. I know everyone is piling on right now - and hey, Apple deserves it. Hopefully it motivates them to upgrade the software faster.
I've sent in errors since beta 1 of iOS 6. None of them have been fixed. That should give you an idea of how long it will take Apple to fix them.
Yeah, pretty much like how Google built Google Maps and most of the rest of their services come to think of it.
It doesn't actually answer the question. You pay for the phone, not the maps app. Just like if I want google maps with turn-by-turn, I'd need to go pay for an Android phone.
why? you can switch to a different brand handset any time ya want. thats how this particular market works -- the competition is Android, Windows Phone, RIM...
if you want a google maps app, try Google's web offerings, or ask them to release a native app for iOS.
Sorry Apple, I would love to help you out of this bind, but I am wasting more of my own time in trying to be more productive with a map app that is far less effective than the one we had for years.
I upgraded to the iPhone 5 strictly because it is faster, so I can spend less time on it than the previous one, not more...
I upgraded to the iPhone 5 strictly because it is faster, so I can spend less time on it than the previous one, not more...
I would think for the right price there are a variety of solutions available. And why wouldn't Bing or Mapquest be an alternative? (serious question)
Adobe and Microsoft aren't necessarily good parallels because those products are pretty dominant in their market segment. If Photoshop doesn't work as well as you wanted it to, well, if you're a graphics professional you suck it up because that's what you use. Apple, by comparison, has put out a product with some issues in a market segment where people can pretty easily move to a competing product.
In this case a product that was working was replaced with a product that isn't working so well for a lot of people, it's not hard to understand why there's a lot of backlash. And saying that it's happened before or it's no different than Google has done it isn't going to matter to angry iPhone customer #36,214 who's lost in Cleveland.
Good post jrswizzle:
There is also much more involved with the Apple, Google relationship, Google wanted Apple user data so badly they could taste it and Apple told them to pound salt, Apple is a hardware and software maker, where Google sells advertising, if Google could find out what time I take a crap at, which hand I wipe with and what brand of toilet paper I use, they would get on it (and I assume their working on it).
I have read many of Googles End User Agreements, and I was amazed at how intrusive they want to be, Google wants to know, where your going, where you've been, how long you've been stopped somewhere, what did you buy, the list goes on and on, sure Google offers services for free, but there is no such thing as something for free except a STD, and you still have a choice to prevent a STD.
Apple most likely wants some advertising bucks also, but they have had some class by keeping the intrusion levels low, and the free software Apple offers, is also not free, each and every Apple product user has paid for the service or software offered, I have yet to do a full reading of the EULA in iOS 6 involving Facebook and Twitter (I wonder whats hidden there), when somebody says "there is no such thing as privacy anymore", your listening to someone who has given in to this crap.
because thats borderline forcing people to do apples work for the wellbeing of their own business therefore the comparison to paying someone not to mess up your establishment.
i run a business and when i get money my customers get goods/service and i expect the same when I hand over money.
But Google didn't take your working service, replace it with one that doesn't work so well, and then ask you to come help them fix it.
Yes, so where did you buy your "hardware only" iPhone, and are you running Android/Windows Phone or IOS on it?
Isn't that (the bolded part) opinion at this point, however?
It may very well be a better product in the long run, but I already pay Apple a premium on a variety of products because they work like they're supposed to. When this one doesn't (and I'm still evaluating iOS6 before deciding on my next mobile device) I as a customer am a lot more apt to go to the one that works then come back to this one when the glitches are worked out.
Not sure what your question is.There was a list of free web apps followed by a $600.00 charge for using apple maps. $600.00 is for the phone. With that logic, it costs me $600.00 to use the list of free apps too, if I use them on the iPhone.
It's alarming to see how many people truly believe Google exists solely to do them favors.
Greatest corporate propaganda coup of all time.
Award winner for "Most ironic comment" made on an Apple forum.
You mean you didn't need a computer or phone to access those other services?
Seriously, use another service for now. Nobody (reasonable) is denying that Maps needs A LOT OF WORK, but moaning isn't going to change anything. If anything, email Google saying you want a native Google Maps app on the iPhone, and make sure Apple gets the same email. Frankly, I suspect Apple is going to approve a Google Maps app as soon as it gets submitted. Apple isn't going to forfeit phone sales by blocking the app.
Also, Apple Maps is one of the most publicized changes for both iOS6 and the iPhone 5. It shouldn't have surprised anyone. If you're worried about issues in a new product, you don't upgrade right away.
Also, people have been submitting reports to Google for years. There is an entire industry built around fixing things that Google ultimately makes money from. There's nothing wrong with that. When your business doesn't show up on Google search results pages, does everyone jump on forums saying Google sucks? As others have noted, businesses can resolve problems by submitting reports in Maps, or updating listings on Yelp.