I just dont see this getting better for a few more years.. Street view is something i rely heavily on when looking for an actual location i've never been to. Its always nice to see what you are looking for.. Now that its gone i can't even rely on their subpar satellite view.
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Surely maps is still using test data currently?
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This is from my iPad 2 running iOS 6.0 GM 10A403.
I've tried different setting in Maps and International (language, region etc) still get the same.
Are you guys that aren't getting the same results in country, i.e. are you in Korea atm ? Parise, i guess your not being on Sprint
I've tried different setting in Maps and International (language, region etc) still get the same.
Are you guys that aren't getting the same results in country, i.e. are you in Korea atm ? Parise, i guess your not being on Sprint
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Not at the moment. It doesn't make any sense for Apple to remove the Han from maps served to 외국인 though. Odd.
Ah, points to distributed map servers, which does make sense traffic wise. Just not synched very well yet!
Don't think it's a 외국인 thing, that usually applies to us in country
I don't think this is test data as others have said. All my Q&A experience (which is what a Beta test is) has been on live, anonymized datasets. Basically, a complete replica of what production systems are hosting.
There is no advantage in running a limited, deficient data set during final phase of testing like we've been doing with iOS 6 for the past couple of months. With limited datasets, you do not expose the code to conditions that might arise with the full data set.
No, at this point, thinking we're pointing to some kind of limited dataset for maps is wishful thinking. This is it, according to my experience and opinion. It was it a few months ago. It will slowly get better, but Google doesn't stand still. Apple will have to work extra hard to play catch up.
In the end, we pay for their choice. If anything, I think Apple should drop all the base applications from iOS except for the Web browser, mail client, music player, the App Store and iTunes store. Let 3rd parties have a crack at it, I don't need shoddy maps/weather/stock/reminders/notes etc...
There is no advantage in running a limited, deficient data set during final phase of testing like we've been doing with iOS 6 for the past couple of months. With limited datasets, you do not expose the code to conditions that might arise with the full data set.
No, at this point, thinking we're pointing to some kind of limited dataset for maps is wishful thinking. This is it, according to my experience and opinion. It was it a few months ago. It will slowly get better, but Google doesn't stand still. Apple will have to work extra hard to play catch up.
In the end, we pay for their choice. If anything, I think Apple should drop all the base applications from iOS except for the Web browser, mail client, music player, the App Store and iTunes store. Let 3rd parties have a crack at it, I don't need shoddy maps/weather/stock/reminders/notes etc...
I agree - I'm used to having to chose a better weather app than the built in one and could get used to doing the same for maps... Most iPhone users probably won't bother though and will moan and moan if apple maps isnt up to scratch...
It would be a shame if they didn't fix things that have been repeatedly reported since early betas...
Try zooming in on Kalemi in the democratic republic of congo!
Zoom in on the maldives - I think someone drew them twice!
Driving n the motorway in the UK and it shows my route on the right hand carriageway, then the left, then the right again...
The whole town of Gillingham in Dorset seems to be mislabelled as Newbury (slough in berkshire also seems to jump around - I think apple maps has a problem with places that share the same name. Luton just south of exeter too?)
An amateurish maps experience is not ideal
It would be a shame if they didn't fix things that have been repeatedly reported since early betas...
Try zooming in on Kalemi in the democratic republic of congo!
Zoom in on the maldives - I think someone drew them twice!
Driving n the motorway in the UK and it shows my route on the right hand carriageway, then the left, then the right again...
The whole town of Gillingham in Dorset seems to be mislabelled as Newbury (slough in berkshire also seems to jump around - I think apple maps has a problem with places that share the same name. Luton just south of exeter too?)
An amateurish maps experience is not ideal
I know I dont live in a central city but the map data is rediculously bad at the moment. Its like the phone has stepped back 10 years. theres no satellite imagery of Bangor, North Wales at all. If you ask Siri for nearest petrol station it gives you 15 general stores (even has a petrol symbol on the map). If you ask for nearest hotel, it gives you a mix of mostly taxi's and some hotels.
...and yet, major visual and data updates seem to be coming in daily..even since GM was released...
Millions of people obviously didn't think Apple doing their own maps on a new phone was enough to stop them from purchasing or upgrading.
Turn-by-turn alone makes it a better solution than Google and it will only get better.
Millions of people obviously didn't think Apple doing their own maps on a new phone was enough to stop them from purchasing or upgrading.
Turn-by-turn alone makes it a better solution than Google and it will only get better.
How many millions would have not ordered an iPhone 5 if they had tried out iOS6 Maps?
According to these threads? About 1/10,000th....
The complaints are coming in now. Give it a few more days and it'll be a news story. In the land of freedom I could imagine there being a lawsuit or something about not being able to downgrade etc.