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Maps Traffic
- Thread starter thomamon
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ideal.dreams
macrumors 68020
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I rarely get traffic information on apple maps. Have seen the red dotted lines just a few times. But they were accurate. Just not sure apple is showing a very thorough update of real time traffic. Google maps was so uncanny accurate on traffic. It was litterally real time, and accurate to within a tenth of a mile. I travel a lot. Drive 40k miles per year. (and i Miss streeet view)
I rarely get traffic information on apple maps. Have seen the red dotted lines just a few times. But they were accurate. Just not sure apple is showing a very thorough update of real time traffic. Google maps was so uncanny accurate on traffic. It was litterally real time, and accurate to within a tenth of a mile. I travel a lot. Drive 40k miles per year. (and i Miss streeet view)
I don't know if it's a userbase issue or a system issue, but Apple maps shows no traffic in my city. Second largest city in my state. Google's traffic shows indicators even on side streets, especially during rush hour.
zzoomp09
macrumors 6502
Just noticed that iOS6 might be gathering traffic info from you while you're driving. I saw the location services icon when I was driving to work for 30 miles, it only stopped showing the location services icon when I got to work. You can actually turn it off on Settings/Privacy/Location Services/System Services.
BoxerGT2.5
macrumors 68020
I see lots of traffic here in Columbus, OH. However I only see the traffic before starting turn by turn. It should show the traffic in turn by turn as well!!!
I imagine the traffic is factored into the drive time. It's worth noting that the phone will offer to change your route if it finds a better way.