UK motorways now blue

[virginblue4]

Sorry if I've missed this. I just went onto maps and noticed the motorways in the UK are blue. They definitely haven't been like this the whole time on beta 3 as I was only using it yesterday and have some print screens of when they were still yellow.

They are also still shaking as yellow on my iPhone. I'm running iOS 7 beta 3 on both devices.

This is a good step and one that I know many people in the UK have been asking for!

 

[seble]

Sorry if I've missed this. I just went onto maps and noticed the motorways in the UK are blue. They definitely haven't been like this the whole time on beta 3 as I was only using it yesterday and have some print screens of when they were still yellow.

They are also still shaking as yellow on my iPhone. I'm running iOS 7 beta 3 on both devices.

This is a good step and one that I know many people in the UK have been asking for!

Great! Now all they need to do is actually place my town 50 miles south to where it actually is...

 

[Steven627]

its showing yellow in my iphone~

 

[virginblue4]

its showing yellow in my iphone~

As I said above, it's also still showing as yellow on my iPhone, however, on my iPad they are showing as blue / green.

 

[bbfc]

Showing fine on my iPhone.

 

[revs]

Do we have junction numbers yet?

 

[robbieduncan]

Great, now if you could just make A roads red like proper OS maps we'd be getting somewhere

 

[bbfc]

Great, now if you could just make A roads red like proper OS maps we'd be getting somewhere

Aren't A roads green though? The signs used are green hence why they appear in that colour (major roads do anyway). Same for motorways and blue. And B roads are white.

 

[robbieduncan]

Aren't A roads green though? The signs used are green hence why they appear in that colour (major roads do anyway). Same for motorways and blue. And B roads are white.

Signs are green. But if you look on an Ordnance Survey map A roads are red. This is what I would consider "correct".

 

[virginblue4]

Signs are green. But if you look on an Ordnance Survey map A roads are red. This is what I would consider "correct".

But most people know of A roads as being green, so I actually believe it is better that they are green.

 

[bbfc]

But most people know of A roads as being green, so I actually believe it is better that they are green.

I agree. They look better being green.

 

[shandyman]

Signs are green. But if you look on an Ordnance Survey map A roads are red. This is what I would consider "correct".

All other maps have them green, so why make them red?

 

[virginblue4]

All other maps have them green, so why make them red?

Exactly. Seems some people always have something to complain about!

 

[Eddy Munn]

I noticed this, many A roads are correctly green too, I feel Google maps has become more confusing now they have left the colour code behind for the UK.
Apple has made the right move.

 

[buckers]

All other maps have them green, so why make them red?

Each to their own, really. The big road atlases generally show primary routes as green, like on the road signs. Users of Ordnance Survey maps (designed to be used by people on foot, cyclists, etc.) will be accustomed to seeing them as red.

 

[8a22a]

Just need motorway junction numbers now.

 

[Rosh]

with beta 4, motorways are now blue on ip5

 

[virginblue4]

with beta 4, motorways are now blue on ip5

They were in beta 3.

 

[robbieduncan]

All other maps have them green, so why make them red?

Exactly. Seems some people always have something to complain about!

Each to their own, really. The big road atlases generally show primary routes as green, like on the road signs. Users of Ordnance Survey maps (designed to be used by people on foot, cyclists, etc.) will be accustomed to seeing them as red.

I was a scout (well actually a beaver, a cub, a scout and a venture scout). So I'm quite used to OS maps. It's not a big thing for sure!

 

[roadbloc]

Epic stuff. Great so see some improvements. Now remove that fictional bank that appears to be located down my road and we might be in business.

 

[robbieduncan]

Epic stuff. Great so see some improvements. Now remove that fictional bank that appears to be located down my road and we might be in business.

Apple really need to work more closely with users on this. I reported an error to Google when I moved earlier this year (a business showed on the map at our new property from the previous owners). One report and it was gone within a few weeks...

 

[OllyW]

Apple really need to work more closely with users on this. I reported an error to Google when I moved earlier this year (a business showed on the map at our new property from the previous owners). One report and it was gone within a few weeks...

Apple have ignored most of the errors I've reported.

They are still showing a local hospital that closed in 2005 and has since been demolished and redeveloped as housing. I've been reporting that one since last September.

 

[robbieduncan]

Apple have ignored most of the errors I've reported.

They are still showing a local hospital that closed in 2005 and has since been demolished and redeveloped as housing. I've been reporting that one since last September.

You'd think they'd treat hospitals and reports around them as important. Don't want a law suite when someone turns up for emergency treatment and there is no hospital!

 

[dontpannic]

It looks so much better now with the correct colours.

Now starting to prefer the look of Apple Maps to that of Google Maps. Now Apple only has to fix its POI database and it's golden.

 

[deadlock]

Apple have ignored most of the errors I've reported.

They are still showing a local hospital that closed in 2005 and has since been demolished and redeveloped as housing. I've been reporting that one since last September.

I know what you mean. None of the problems that I've reported since Maps came out have been resolved

I suspect this is as much due to Yelp! or TomTom (data providers) as it is down to Apple but it is something they need to get on top of