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Wow. Apple Maps is a disaster.

Since I'm only on iOS 6 on my iPad, I think it's pretty equal. Hybrid, terrain and such all work. Businesses show up properly. I had issues with things on the google maps app but only occasionally. I'll have to really use it over the next month to get a real idea how good it is.
 
Gjwilly said:
All you people should probably start posting your complaints in other forums.
If you really want Apple to remedy this you're going to need to drum up a whole lot more bad press than just this one forum.
Think Antennaegate.
Spread the word so much that Apple will be embarrassed into finding a solution.
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I think you'll find the mainstream press will do that for us. Newspapers love apple stories. Before too long the UK press at least will be full of articles showing shops miles away from their actual location, restaurants in rivers, phantom factories etc etc.

Major blunder. Mammoth.
 
shortcrust said:
I think you'll find the mainstream press will do that for us. Newspapers love apple stories. Before too long the UK press at least will be full of articles showing shops miles away from their actual location, restaurants in rivers, phantom factories etc etc.

Major blunder. Mammoth.
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Uhhh the mainstream press is already all over it, and they hate it.

http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2012/09...w-map-app-compared-with-google-maps-it-sucks/

Some of these apple fans need to start exploring the web outside of pro apple websites.
 
smacman said:
Unbelievable that some are still defending Apple on their Maps failure. This is the final straw for me. I've been on the fence for a while between Android and iOS, and Apple's arrogant actions (and that of the moronic fools that defend them at all costs) have made my decision simple.

For those of you hoping for a prompt Google Maps app release, what makes you think Apple will approve it? Remember that Apple does not approve apps that duplicate iOS functionality. Even if they did by some miracle get the app approved, with iOS's inability to specify default apps, the integration would be terrible.
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They approved the new YouTube app.
 
Drag'nGT said:
Since I'm only on iOS 6 on my iPad, I think it's pretty equal. Hybrid, terrain and such all work. Businesses show up properly. I had issues with things on the google maps app but only occasionally. I'll have to really use it over the next month to get a real idea how good it is.
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There is no terrain feature in apple maps.

businesses do not show up properly- annoying review site yelp is used for info.

oh and I forgot to complain about the enormous amount of interstate signs apple managed to put in. Where google maps would do with one, apple has three. highly distracting. And I don't want my maps to rotate. I'll use google earth for that.
 
Parise said:
Man it takes quite the fanboy to be this blind.

Apple's maps are a horrible solution when compared to Google's maps. I get there were probably business ramifications surrounding them implementing their own, but only they won in the end. The customer gets the latest and greatest with missing features it used to have.
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Or maybe it just actually works for me...lists where I work...every restaurant I've tried comes up perfectly...every direction I have tried gives the correct route.

I guess living in England sucks right now, but it will be fixed.
 
Seems to me, Apple maps is ok for driving. However, if you are a pedestrian/public transportation user in a densely packed urban area (or like me, in a densely packed area—Tokyo—without street names), they are absolutely horrible.
 
MozMan68 said:
Or maybe it just actually works for me...lists where I work...every restaurant I've tried comes up perfectly...every direction I have tried gives the correct route.

I guess living in England sucks right now, but it will be fixed.
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Yep, sure does! But I think you've overlooked the large number of posts from the US with people complaining of the same problems.

Fixed? Yes, but maps aren't fixed in days or weeks. Maps are fixed in months and years.

Over the coming days people all over the world (normal people, not people like us!:D) will be going about their business and will get out their iPhone and use apple maps for the first time in the hope of finding something or somewhere. They will be horrified. And they won't thinking "oh well, it'll evolve" or "they'll fix it at some point".

This ain't gonna quieten down, and it ain't gonna go away.
 
This sort of takes some of the excitement out of getting our iPhone5s. I travel a lot both domestically and internationally. The google powered maps have been invaluable for navigating around strange cities and finding places. It doesn't look like Apple's maps are close to there. i REALLY hope a Google maps app is forthcoming. Apple should have held this until it was ready for primetime.
 
shortcrust said:
Yep, sure does! But I think you've overlooked the large number of posts from the US with people complaining of the same problems.

Fixed? Yes, but maps aren't fixed in days or weeks. Maps are fixed in months and years.

Over the coming days people all over the world (normal people, not people like us!:D) will be going about their business and will get out their iPhone and use apple maps for the first time in the hope of finding something or somewhere. They will be horrified. And they won't thinking "oh well, it'll evolve" or "they'll fix it at some point".

This ain't gonna quieten down, and it ain't gonna go away.
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Man, you are passionate about your maps. The NY apps work pretty great. Very satisfied. I would think though, the experience is nowhere near as good elsewhere
 
ADR said:
Seems to me, Apple maps is ok for driving. However, if you are a pedestrian/public transportation user in a densely packed urban area (or like me, in a densely packed area—Tokyo—without street names), they are absolutely horrible.
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The iPhone maps were essential in Tokyo. Our concierge was amazed that we didn't take any directions to obscure restaurant locations, but the iPhone always got us there. We don't speak a word of Japanese but always found our way, whether on foot or via mass transit (with transfers and stops).

This is NOT GOOD
 
Have we discussed traffic data in this thread? I live in Indianapolis. Google has traffic info for even small streets in the suburbs but Apple Maps doesn't show ANY traffic data for the entire Indy area.

In fact, I went to NYC to check out 3D and there was just a small number of streets with traffic data.
 
Agreed that maps are lacking. The only light at the end of the tunnel is that any and all updates are going to occur without notice. By that, I mean street names, images, and directions can (and hopefully will) be updated without an update to the app itself it's all back-end stuff that needs improvement.
 
ClemTiger0408 said:
Have we discussed traffic data in this thread? I live in Indianapolis. Google has traffic info for even small streets in the suburbs but Apple Maps doesn't show ANY traffic data for the entire Indy area.

In fact, I went to NYC to check out 3D and there was just a small number of streets with traffic data.
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Google's traffic data was never all that accurate for me. Although, when Apple started using its iPhone to provide traffic in iOS 5 maps it got a lot better. Waze, however, is so spot on its scary.
 
Tibits said:
This sort of takes some of the excitement out of getting our iPhone5s. I travel a lot both domestically and internationally. The google powered maps have been invaluable for navigating around strange cities and finding places. It doesn't look like Apple's maps are close to there. i REALLY hope a Google maps app is forthcoming. Apple should have held this until it was ready for primetime.
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I think this is what a lot of people are missing. People who are saying it finds their favourite restaurant no problem and that their workplace is shown correctly are forgetting that they already know where those places are! It's when you're in the strange town and get taken to the McDonald's that closeD down over a year ago, or taken to a pharmacist 15 miles away when there is one 200 metres in the other direction that the failings of apple maps will become achingly apparent to them.
 
If it's beta, then it should not have been released.
Or at least give us the option to delete it and keep Google maps.
This is really unacceptable.
 
shortcrust said:
I think the is what a lot of people are missing. People who are saying it finds their favourite restaurant no problem and that their workplace is shown correctly are forgetting that they already know where those places are! It's when you're in the strange town and get taken to the McDonald's that close down over a year ago, or taken to a pharmacist 15 miles away when there is one 200 metres in the other direction that the failings of apple maps will become achingly apparent to them.
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Listen, all mapping and navigation software has issues like that. I've ran in to the problem of a shop or business being closed and out-of-business MANY times, in products from ALL vendors. TomTom, Garmin, Magellan, you name it. POI are not (and can't be expected to be) real time 100% always accurate.

In fact, I recently had a situation where a certain navigation software told me a department store was a mere 2.7 miles from my location. However, upon arriving at said coordinates I found an empty corn field. Literally. Turns out the store was about 18 miles in the OTHER direction.

I would challenge you to point out a solution that is 100% accurate 100% of the time in all scenarios.
 
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