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Why No Map Update?

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Mr. Incredible

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I was for certain that iOS5 would have some sort of update to the Maps app, but nothing was mentioned.

Weren't there talks of Apple hiring a bunch of people to make a new Maps app?

I was really hoping for an update to include:

-Full Screen Maps!
-Landscape Mode!
-Voice Recognition!
-Edit: NAVIGATION!!!

^Android has all of this in their Maps app, and ours is still...crap. :(
 
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Mr. Incredible said:
I was for certain that iOS5 would have some sort of update to the Maps app, but nothing was mentioned.

Weren't there talks of Apple hiring a bunch of people to make a new Maps app?

I was really hoping for an update to include:

-Full Screen Maps!
-Landscape Mode!
-Voice Recognition!

^Android has all of this in their Maps app, and ours is still...crap. :(
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Not to mention navigation too...
 
The maps iOS program is a Google supplied one. That said if apple can refuse to make an Ipod app for apple why should google bring its app up to par with its own OS. Think about the money.
 
Maps did get some updates. It got a few things. I currently forget them, but I know that printing the maps and alternate routes are two of them.

Hueyfreeman said:
The maps iOS program is a Google supplied one. That said if apple can refuse to make an Ipod app for apple why should google bring its app up to par with its own OS. Think about the money.
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The iOS Maps app is not made by Google. It only licenses the Google Maps tiles.
 
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Pretty sure we'll see something in iOS 6.
 
Mr. Incredible said:
I was for certain that iOS5 would have some sort of update to the Maps app, but nothing was mentioned.

Weren't there talks of Apple hiring a bunch of people to make a new Maps app?

I was really hoping for an update to include:

-Full Screen Maps!
-Landscape Mode!
-Voice Recognition!

^Android has all of this in their Maps app, and ours is still...crap. :(
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Am I misunderstanding something? I'm using the Maps app on iOS 5 and it has full screen maps and supports landscape mode.
 
Wirelessly posted (Opera/9.80 (iPhone; Opera Mini/6.13548/24.871; U; en) Presto/2.5.25 Version/10.54)

radiogoober said:
Mr. Incredible said:
I was for certain that iOS5 would have some sort of update to the Maps app, but nothing was mentioned.

Weren't there talks of Apple hiring a bunch of people to make a new Maps app?

I was really hoping for an update to include:

-Full Screen Maps!
-Landscape Mode!
-Voice Recognition!

^Android has all of this in their Maps app, and ours is still...crap. :(
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Am I misunderstanding something? I'm using the Maps app on iOS 5 and it has full screen maps and supports landscape mode.
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What about voice recognition?
 
At the risk of pimping an app (which, full disclosure... I have NOTHING to do with!), Turn-by-Turn Navigation already exists and you can get it today. I'm in the UK and use NavFree GPS UK & ROI and it works perfectly. I'm 99% sure though I was browsing App Store the other day and saw a US version. Oh, and it's free. It doesn't have voice recognition yet, but the rest of the featureset you'd expect is there.
 
There are already free/paid gps apps in the app store. I think people were looking for apple suppled version
 
I was really hoping to see some Map upgrades. Especially a change to Google's vector based maps. Perhaps we will see something in September since Apple may have kept a few things secret, but I doubt it. Oh well, next year.
 
I doubtr you will see much of a Google update for iO5, Google could care less about Apple. They did a great job on the mapping on the new Androids.

Can you blame Google?:confused:
 
kdarling said:
The difference is that Apple is in control of the iPhone Maps app.

On other phones, it's just one of several Google apps that is constantly being updated.
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This is why, people are blaming google for not updating their apps, but its apple who's controlling the product - shocking I know its so un-apple like to want to control everything :eek: :p
 
maflynn said:
This is why, people are blaming google for not updating their apps, but its apple who's controlling the product - shocking I know its so un-apple like to want to control everything :eek: :p
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haha, and it seems (at least to me) that Apple only changes/improves things (begrudgingly) when enough people bitch about it, rather than making it the best they can up front. Keeps people hungry for the next upgrade.
 
BlindMellon said:
haha, and it seems (at least to me) that Apple only changes/improves things (begrudgingly) when enough people bitch about it, rather than making it the best they can up front. Keeps people hungry for the next upgrade.
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Unfortunately (for the consumer) that appears to be accurate. Just look at how long it took for notifications to make it into iOS, cut and paste, multitasking and even OTA.
 
Mr. Incredible said:
You have a full screen map and landscape mode? Can you please take a snapshot and post it?
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I really hope I'm not missing something. This is full screen in landscape:

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