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TomTom Confirms Mapping Deal with Apple

The good thing about this setup is that Apple can add, improve or replace services as needed in the background as they wish.
I would expect seeing new functionality in the Mapping app every once in a while.
 
The maps do look a little strange in some places. Fully functional, but their vectors could use some work particularly at intersections. No doubt now that Apple's in the driver's seat (pun intended), they can make improvements as time goes on.

I've been very impressed with how quickly the turn-by-turn adjusts if you drive past your turn, though. Pretty much instant. Also, that one Apple patent application is in it. Really excellent.
 
BJMRamage said:
no turn-by-turn on the iPhone 4

???


and good to know there is another Map Backer behind this so people can be assured of the service.
but no turn-by-turn on iP4...
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remember, siri is doing the talking and that requires 4S and above.
 
oneMadRssn said:
How do you know?

Those incident icons and terminology looked eerily familiar to me.
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Incident icons and terminology come from local DOT feeds, and look basically the same on every platform from every provider that hooks up to those feeds.
 
benpatient said:
No, Apple is using a completely separate iOS crowd sourcing system for their traffic data, not the tom-tom crowd-sourced data.
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Some people may have turned that off in location services due to the increased data usage when iOS5 came out. Hopefully not enough to reduce its effectiveness. I turned mine off to cut down on roaming charges when travelling abroad.
 
nfl46 said:
I used the maps this morning. It was pretty good...of course it had bugs, but its definitely good to say this is Apple's first go at Maps.

Its going to be even better on that larger iPhone screen.
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Is the map data stored offline like dedicated satnav apps? Or is it like google?
 
nfl46 said:
We can't control what Apple does. So, how do we let them? We can submit all the request we want to Apple, but that doesn't mean they will gives up all the features we want. Its pretty simple: If you don't like it, don't use it.
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"How do we let them?"

How about we stop irrationally defending them with everything they do as if they are always correct and doing you a favor. I think that's a good start...
 
Noooo!!! Anyone but TomTom!!!!

I have the standalone TomTom app' installed on my iPhone & their maps are just tragic here in Sydney Australia.
Forever telling you to go up one-way streets the wrong way, turn at no right turns, not knowing suburbs or towns or street numbers not to mention giving your seriously dodgey directions such as making multiple turns to go around a block to bring you back onto the same road rather than travelling straight ahead on the same road or taking you off a motorway 10 kilometres before it needs to to take you on a pointless scenic trip through congested suburban streets...
After paying $70 for TomTom 50% of the time I have to revert to the present inbuilt iOS map app' so if Apple are using TomTom's data for their Australian mapping they have just taken a gigantic backwards step...
 
nfl46 said:
We can't control what Apple does. So, how do we let them? We can submit all the request we want to Apple, but that doesn't mean they will gives up all the features we want. Its pretty simple: If you don't like it, don't use it.
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Apple have had plenty of time to produce something worthwhile and robust. It doesn't benefit Apple customers if it's an inferior experience to Google's maps in any way, even though it may satisfy the shareholders. I'm not saying it is inferior, I'm saying it better not be. So yes it's fair to criticise Apple if they don't come up with the goods right from the start.
 
fr33 loader said:
"How do we let them?"

How about we stop irrationally defending them with everything they do as if they are always correct and doing you a favor. I think that's a good start...
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Still isn't going to change anything...;)

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steve-p said:
Apple have had plenty of time to produce something worthwhile and robust. It doesn't benefit Apple customers if it's an inferior experience to Google's maps in any way, even though it may satisfy the shareholders. I'm not saying it is inferior, I'm saying it better not be. So yes it's fair to criticise Apple if they don't come up with the goods right from the start.
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That rarely happens...Apple takes its time to improve everything. Don't ever expect Apple to knock it out the ball park on first go...they have the potential to, but its doubtful they would.
 
nfl46 said:
Still isn't going to change anything...;)


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That rarely happens...Apple takes its time to improve everything. Don't ever expect Apple to knock it out the ball park on first go...they have the potential to, but its doubtful they would.
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But people like you make it worse

Can I pay in increments too?
 
Lancer said:
So does this mean iOS6 will have maps built in so you don't have to go online to navigate?
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I would guess it doesn't have the maps built in, and just have a "maps" programs like it currently does, when you use it it will download the maps on the fly. Kind of like the cheap garmin app in the app store (Different than the full garmin app).

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rexone said:
I have the standalone TomTom app' installed on my iPhone & their maps are just tragic here in Sydney Australia.
Forever telling you to go up one-way streets the wrong way, turn at no right turns, not knowing suburbs or towns or street numbers not to mention giving your seriously dodgey directions such as making multiple turns to go around a block to bring you back onto the same road rather than travelling straight ahead on the same road or taking you off a motorway 10 kilometres before it needs to to take you on a pointless scenic trip through congested suburban streets...
After paying $70 for TomTom 50% of the time I have to revert to the present inbuilt iOS map app' so if Apple are using TomTom's data for their Australian mapping they have just taken a gigantic backwards step...
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With the full app you always have the maps which personally I believe is a better option than downloading maps on the fly.
 
Jibbajabba said:
Does the new IOS 6 maps use GPS as well or 3G or both ?
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To download the map you would need a data connection. This doesn't have to be 3G, it could easily be Wifi (for wifi iPad versions). GPS is only used to locate you on a map; again, for devices without GPS (the same iPad wifi versions) triangulation using wifi stations will be used instead. So the answer is no/yes and no/yes.
 
nfl46 said:
I used the maps this morning. It was pretty good...of course it had bugs, but its definitely good to say this is Apple's first go at Maps.

Its going to be even better on that larger iPhone screen.
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I'm excited to see what changes to the iPhone will come to be!
 
I think the contract between TomTom and Apple is a good move. When two parties can work together, many times more benefits will come to the consumers.
 
So did Apple lie or Macrumors?

Didn't Apple yesterday claim to have done all the cartography themselves?
Certainly the live feed from this site made that claim.
 
oneMadRssn said:
What TomTom brings is excellent traffic data, which they charge an annual subscription for within their app; which is now included in iOS6. That's money right there.
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charge?? I get TomTom map updates and have't pay for them at all. I just paid for the app and that's it.
 
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