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I’m looking forward to using the similarly updated maps of Europe, somewhere between our first contact with aliens and the heat death of the universe.
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Maybe it's a good opportunity for you to start following speed limits and stop risking everyone's life :)
Driving over the posted limit is not dangerous on most roads.
My morning commute involves a blind left turn out of a residential street. Cars parked on the curb obstruct my view of oncoming traffic in the right lane. This isn't a problem when that traffic observes the 35 mph speed limit. I've had far too many close calls with self-centered jerks driving 55 mph in that lane. Sporty sedans are impossible to see over a row of parked cars.
Congrats to the teams who did this! It’s been a long time coming.. and a lot of people said along the way that Apple should just give up it was too far behind. Perseverance (and a lot of resources) can go a long way! It reminds me of some advice given to me by a heavily successful industrialist friend — never dismiss your competition, for the world is not static.
The teams are mostly 1099 contract workers through a third party with no benefits and no hope of advancement or future employment as full-time employee of Apple since their contract specifically expires in one year. They make around $20/hour usually right out of college in a town (Austin) with one of the fastest growing cost of living due to the influx of all the tech companies who got tired of the California scene a…
I know it’s unrelated but I can’t understand why Apple removed directions in my country (I’m sorry not only mine but many countries) I didn’t have real navigation but just directions (and the blue line in the map) and that was enough to not use google maps But after the release of iOS 13 it’s not possible anymore « directions not available from this location » And because of that i have to install google maps on my i…
Which country are you in? I’m in New Zealand and it’s working fine for me here.
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Apple Maps _is_ OpenStreetMap in many countries. In Denmark it's used for turn-by-turn navigation even. (Source: Talk by Apple employee at the OSM'a 'State of the Map' conference 2018 https://2018.stateofthemap.org/2018/T081-Working_with_the_Co... )
Then why not do it everywhere and upstream the changes?
I’m genuinely curious why you think they should do this.
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I don't have this experience on Pixel 3. I also have location history off and have never gotten the prompt. Does that come up in a specific usecase? Disc: Googler but nowhere close to Maps.
Yeah, whenever my fiance or I try to search for a location, it takes maps several seconds to let us start typing. It only does this when we turn location history off. Honestly one of the things that drove me to stop using my G4 was this issue, because I had thought it was a performance issue with the phone. Then my fiance showed me how slow her S7 was with location history turned off versus on. Regarding the prompt,…
I can't believe on this page "Users" exists. What happened to Apple's brand language? "Now you can" would make more sense to the reader.
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Wasn't the rollout happening by region all through 2019? Doesn't necessarily mean EVERYONE is getting new data TODAY. Look at the previous coverage on this blog - https://www.justinobeirne.com/
The PR piece says: "Apple completed the rollout of this new Maps experience in the United States and will begin rolling it out across Europe in the coming months."