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Redesigned Google Maps App with iPad Support and Explore Feature Hits the App Store
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It's funny how much Google (or even users) criticized Apples maps at launch and put Google Maps on this pedestal, and now we see Google copying some elements from Apples Maps design. Mainly, the design for points of interest on the map tiles, as well as the live incident reports icons on the map. It's starting to look a whole lot more like Apples client app.
The people who criticized Apple didn't have a clue. The DATA was the issue, not the app, which is something that gets fixed with time (and could never have been flawless on day one). The client app itself ran circles around anything Google has ever created. And to this day, I still feel it does, especially when it comes to performance. Actions simply run smoother and more responsively, and it seems to use less energy than other Maps apps.
The people who criticized Apple didn't have a clue. The DATA was the issue, not the app, which is something that gets fixed with time (and could never have been flawless on day one). The client app itself ran circles around anything Google has ever created. And to this day, I still feel it does, especially when it comes to performance. Actions simply run smoother and more responsively, and it seems to use less energy than other Maps apps.
As I've said before, it's quite easy to be a fan of something without being stupid about it.
I'm not sure what you mean in this case, given the sub-thread you're responding to... Do you think the statement "I prefer Apple Maps" qualified as "being stupid about it"?
Or were you pointing out that going off the handle about someone stating a simple preference for Apple in an Apple forum is "being stupid about" one's Google idolatry?
Please tell me the incredibly stupid and poorly thought out 'auto dim' feature has been removed.
Perhaps I don't understand something. I have an iphone 4 so I use google maps for turn by turn GPS, and it does on the fly rerouting for me. Why is everyone saying that it doesn't do this?
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Auto dim only happens when you don't need to take a turn for a bit. It brightens back up when you are nearing your next turn.
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Auto dim only happens when you don't need to take a turn for a bit. It brightens back up when you are nearing your next turn.
What if I want to glance at the display? It also dims the screen system wide. It's incredibly dangerous to drive with.
I was one of the people who criticized Apple Maps since its release, and all the critics have seen were focused on the map data (which was, and still is for the most part, terrible), not on the app itself.
Thank God. Infinitely better than the atrocious Apple Maps. But then again Google is better than Apple at most everything.
Simply not true, the App AND the data is the problem. Specifically the road colours in the UK are incorrect, making it difficult to use. Now Google Maps have also got this wrong - Yep, lets copy the bad bits.
I'll still use the native Apple Maps product.
For no other reason than it draws the roads in the right colours for British roads.
Message to Google: British motorways, by convention, are drawn BLUE on the map, not some dirty orange colour.
(And yes, I absolutely detest the Auto-dim that screws up the rest of the phone too. Rebooting an iPhone that's trying to route you some place while driving isn't exactly a good safety move)
For no other reason than it draws the roads in the right colours for British roads.
Message to Google: British motorways, by convention, are drawn BLUE on the map, not some dirty orange colour.
(And yes, I absolutely detest the Auto-dim that screws up the rest of the phone too. Rebooting an iPhone that's trying to route you some place while driving isn't exactly a good safety move)
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Google maps is still tops for me. if you use public transit it's very valuable, you can easily find routes and bus/train times. Apple needs this in their maps, because I do think Apple maps has better cartography... it's just lacking some core features that I need.
I was hoping for the geographical tube lines in London like my friends android, but still nice to have it on my iPad.
Every month or so I try to give it another chance. It never fails to disappoint me. Even here in London it never gets the POI correct.
Every month or so I try to give it another chance. It never fails to disappoint me. Even here in London it never gets the POI correct.
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argh, why does neither Apple Maps nor Google Maps show the current location with an arrow that points into the direction you are looking instead of just a silly circle. Google Maps on Android does this and I like it much much more than having the whole map rotate... (what is currently the only option to know the direction you are looking at on iOS)
Here you can see the little triangle on the Android version that always indicates your direction without having the map rotate (which is of course also possible optionally) https://www.dropbox.com/s/x1ib9ce4vqpevnb/Screen Shot 2013-07-17 at 11.21.03.png
Here you can see the little triangle on the Android version that always indicates your direction without having the map rotate (which is of course also possible optionally) https://www.dropbox.com/s/x1ib9ce4vqpevnb/Screen Shot 2013-07-17 at 11.21.03.png
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Apple maps is still a joke for finding specific places by name. Barely better than day one. Google pinpoints obscure cafes and business in my city. If they are listed in Apple maps at all they are usually inaccurately placed.
At best, Apple maps is a reasonable £50 TomTom equivalent but as a smartphone mapping tool it's a laugh.
So anything Google does to improve iOS maps has to be welcomed,
At best, Apple maps is a reasonable £50 TomTom equivalent but as a smartphone mapping tool it's a laugh.
So anything Google does to improve iOS maps has to be welcomed,
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Apple maps draws Orange for me too:
It's a pity Google have decided to copy Apple on this
