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Re: Apple Maps vs. Google Maps

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Post by gonehome »

steve_adams_86 wrote: post #3

I’m curious - does anyone reading this agree with the notion that Apple maps is becoming comparable to Google maps? I haven’t given it a fair shot in almost a decade I guess, and it was almost unusable then. Does anyone here use it as a daily driver? What are the strong and weak points?

I’ve been using Apple Maps exclusively for the last couple of years.

I find it to be better, but there’s a major caveat that I primarily use it in the Bay Area.

Outside the bay it’s worked for me too, but it’s just rare that I test it in that way (where failures are a lot more likely).

UI is much nicer and app performance feels way faster too.

Re: Apple Maps vs. Google Maps

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Post by tshaddox »

komuher wrote: post #32
cassianoleal wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In London I find Apple Maps superior to Google Maps in almost every way. Apple's cycling routing is miles ahead of Google's.

Good for you one mega-city in Europe* got proper apple treatment after 10 years lets wait 20 more years for other monster cities, and then they can maybe add some cities under a 10 million population :D

What’s the other option? Google is the only internet map ever? Or no other internet map can ever release anything until they have perfect global coverage?

Re: Apple Maps vs. Google Maps

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Post by tshaddox »

dreamcompiler wrote: post #50
mr-ron wrote: post #29

I opened up my settings to allow Google maps to have access to my location all the time, even when not using the app. I have found the Timeline feature in Google maps to be a huge game changer in terms of 'where ive been' and 'what Ive done'. I can look back months, see exactly what routes I went down, where I was at a given time. It will even match pictures with the locations. Especially for journaling vacations (so…

> I can look back months, see exactly what routes I went down, where I was at a given time. So can Google. I'd love to have these features but the price is just too high. The price would be too high even if I trusted Google (which I don't), because every company that collects personal information will be hacked because no company is properly incentivised to protect users' data.

What is the price?

Re: Apple Maps vs. Google Maps

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Post by voisin »

whimsicalism wrote: post #24
illuminati1911 wrote: post #16

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I use Apple Maps in Shanghai. It's very fast, accurate and shows bicycle/scooter lanes, indoor maps for malls etc. very well. Google Maps even with VPN (to bypass the censorship) is nearly unusable here by modern map software standards.

It's not a fair comparison in China, where Apple has decided to provide the Chinese govt with data so they can operate and Google has refused to.

Source? Genuinely surprised to hear Google had the superior privacy policy.

Re: Apple Maps vs. Google Maps

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Post by tshaddox »

gonehome wrote: post #51
steve_adams_86 wrote: post #3

I’m curious - does anyone reading this agree with the notion that Apple maps is becoming comparable to Google maps? I haven’t given it a fair shot in almost a decade I guess, and it was almost unusable then. Does anyone here use it as a daily driver? What are the strong and weak points?

I’ve been using Apple Maps exclusively for the last couple of years. I find it to be better, but there’s a major caveat that I primarily use it in the Bay Area. Outside the bay it’s worked for me too, but it’s just rare that I test it in that way (where failures are a lot more likely). UI is much nicer and app performance feels way faster too.

Same here, been using it for a few years in the Bay Area. The main reason I prefer Apple Maps is that the user interface is vastly better, especially in a car with CarPlay. I’ve used it on long road trips in the US as well, but I will often do a route sanity check against Google Maps in areas I’m very unfamiliar with.

Re: Apple Maps vs. Google Maps

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Post by saurik »

madeofpalk wrote: post #25
cassianoleal wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In London I find Apple Maps superior to Google Maps in almost every way. Apple's cycling routing is miles ahead of Google's.

I was very happy when Apple "finally" added cycling directions in London. That was the only reason why I used Google Maps. Apple does give me some funky directions through Victoria Park, though I'm always surprised when any map service can route through parks somewhat well.

Why did you switch?

Re: Apple Maps vs. Google Maps

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Post by folli »

tshaddox wrote: post #52
komuher wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Good for you one mega-city in Europe* got proper apple treatment after 10 years lets wait 20 more years for other monster cities, and then they can maybe add some cities under a 10 million population :D

What’s the other option? Google is the only internet map ever? Or no other internet map can ever release anything until they have perfect global coverage?

How about OSM?

Re: Apple Maps vs. Google Maps

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Post by boopmaster »

stevehawk wrote: post #40
steve_adams_86 wrote: post #3

I’m curious - does anyone reading this agree with the notion that Apple maps is becoming comparable to Google maps? I haven’t given it a fair shot in almost a decade I guess, and it was almost unusable then. Does anyone here use it as a daily driver? What are the strong and weak points?

I consider Apple maps to be trash most everywhere I use it, which is the American midwest. Last time i searched for "lawnmower repair" in my area it netted one result. I believe there's more than a dozen within ten minutes of me though. I normally have to look something up in Google Maps (where i keep location services disabled), then copy and paste the address into Apple Maps for Carplay. The other day when watching…

On the flipside Google maps gives me all kinds of local business number to services that either do not exist or are definitely not local. Pairs nicely with street view images of destructed empty space overgrown with brush.

Re: Apple Maps vs. Google Maps

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Post by [deleted] »

voisin wrote: post #12
steve_adams_86 wrote: post #3

I’m curious - does anyone reading this agree with the notion that Apple maps is becoming comparable to Google maps? I haven’t given it a fair shot in almost a decade I guess, and it was almost unusable then. Does anyone here use it as a daily driver? What are the strong and weak points?

I use Apple Maps as my primary GPS in my vehicle. I have spent the last few years on the road driving across North America and Google Maps repeatedly made objectively incorrect decisions in rural areas that would take me in quasi-off road situations. After I got frustrated being led astray I started comparing routes on both and found that it seems to be a logic issue for Google Maps, where it would save 5 km of dista…

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Re: Apple Maps vs. Google Maps

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Post by bengale »

steve_adams_86 wrote: post #3

I’m curious - does anyone reading this agree with the notion that Apple maps is becoming comparable to Google maps? I haven’t given it a fair shot in almost a decade I guess, and it was almost unusable then. Does anyone here use it as a daily driver? What are the strong and weak points?

I use it as my primary GPS now and I live in south of the UK.
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