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Re: Google has an iOS 6 Maps app awaiting approval

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Post by megamark16 »

nthitz wrote: post #14

Even if it is approved and released shortly it still doesn't solve the problem of it not being the default Map app. Contact links & location links will still open in Apple's Maps. Still waiting on something comparable to Android's Intents in iOS

As an Android user, I had no idea that iOS didn't support customizable Intents or Widgets?! That's just crazy to me, since I use widgets for a lot of stuff, and there are several cases where I don't set a default because I want to use different apps to handle different intents depending on the situation (i.e. opening PDFs). I guess most iOS users don't know or care about that sort of thing, they "just want it to work", but man, I would be totally out of my element downgrading to an iPhone.

Re: Google has an iOS 6 Maps app awaiting approval

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Post by polysaturate »

steevdave wrote: post #110

I really do hope they do. I've been using the beta and all through it, there were no routing apps available for my area (San Antonio, so not exactly a tiny city, according to Wikipedia we are the 7th largest population wise) Now that iOS 6 is out, I decided to give the Maps app a shot again. So I pulled it up, thought for a second since I am used to the old interface, clicked the wrong thing a couple times, finally g…

I want to hit the NFC note here:

The NFC attack sounds way worse than it really is. Firstly, NFC attacks can not be made on an idle phone, phones need to be on, unlocked and practically touching the NFC tag, or other device.

As well as the fact that Android has technology that should mitigate the malicious use of NFC. I can't remember the exact measures, but I have read about it at one point.

I would think that NFC would be lumped into something around the issue of ATM/magnetic code skimmers, as possible, but not very likely.

Re: Google has an iOS 6 Maps app awaiting approval

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Post by halostatue »

recoiledsnake wrote: post #29
nostromo wrote: post #21

This map uproar seems a tad hyperbolic. I used it this morning and I was actually pleasantly surprised. My map experience wasn't worse as I expected, but actually much better with turn by turn. The people most upset seem to generally be edge cases. I'm sure Apple will work those out as complaints roll in. Google has had 7 years to perfect maps. Apple feels maybe a year behind in some respects and a year ahead in othe…

>The people most upset seem to generally be edge cases I love it how you dismiss 99% of people and the globe as an edge case by your anecdote of it working well for you. Let me take a guess, you live on the West Coast where Apple engineers live?

My experience is the same as the GP comment—the maps are fairly decent—and I live in Toronto.

Are there problems? Yes. Will they get fixed? Yes. Does Apple have to do an OS update to fix these? No.

People are finding major problems because they’re looking for major problems. Apple has failed to clear the hurdle of "as good as" the old mapping data from Google, but for most people I suspect it will be "good enough."

Re: Google has an iOS 6 Maps app awaiting approval

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Post by koalaman »

masklinn wrote: post #148
andrewaylett wrote: post #145

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm not sure whether you're specifically talking about Google's maps on iOS or not, but Google's web and Android maps clients both provide bus and train times for much of the UK.

> I'm not sure whether you're specifically talking about Google's maps on iOS or not I'm talking about Google Maps in general. > Google's web and Android maps clients both provide bus and train times for much of the UK. Good on you for living in the 51st state I guess? Many still get neither.

in many cases they can't offer it because the transit authorities do not wish to provide that data to Google.

Re: Google has an iOS 6 Maps app awaiting approval

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Post by cooldeal »

SoftwareMaven wrote: post #117
cooldeal wrote: post #19

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Yes, but Microsoft did not completely ban Netscape from running on Windows like Apple did with podcast apps, Google Voice etc. so the situation is not exactly analogous. Everyone could and many did install Netscape, IE 3+ was just better after Netscape stagnated at version 4 for years because of a rewrite. http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000069.html Microsoft shipped their browser default since an OS wi…

That's weird, because I have Google Voice and three other browsers on my iPhone...

Google Voice was in limbo for over an year, was neither approved nor rejected. And if you the three browsers are equivalent to having a choice of three browsers on the desktop, think again. All of them are forced to use the builtin webkit.

Re: Google has an iOS 6 Maps app awaiting approval

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Post by masklinn »

koalaman wrote: post #154
masklinn wrote: post #148

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I'm not sure whether you're specifically talking about Google's maps on iOS or not I'm talking about Google Maps in general. > Google's web and Android maps clients both provide bus and train times for much of the UK. Good on you for living in the 51st state I guess? Many still get neither.

in many cases they can't offer it because the transit authorities do not wish to provide that data to Google.

I'm not saying it's Google's fault (I know it very likely isn't). steevdave opened the door to other people's experience re. mass transit on Google Maps versus Apple Maps, I gave mine.

Re: Google has an iOS 6 Maps app awaiting approval

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Post by dubya »

masklinn wrote: post #148
andrewaylett wrote: post #145

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm not sure whether you're specifically talking about Google's maps on iOS or not, but Google's web and Android maps clients both provide bus and train times for much of the UK.

> I'm not sure whether you're specifically talking about Google's maps on iOS or not I'm talking about Google Maps in general. > Google's web and Android maps clients both provide bus and train times for much of the UK. Good on you for living in the 51st state I guess? Many still get neither.

It's not uniformly available in the US either. If the local transit authority publishes the data in the right format, then Google will add it to their maps. I suppose if there's sufficient interest they might write a custom scraper.

My local transit authority thought this was a better idea: http://www.katbus.com

Re: Google has an iOS 6 Maps app awaiting approval

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Post by boundlessdreamz »

gldnspud wrote: post #149
boundlessdreamz wrote: post #131

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Sorry. You missed the point. Google wants as many people to use youtube & search. It makes money via ads on both. Having it as default is good (google pays money to FF to be default for example) and even if it is not the default, people can use google by typing google.com in safari. From there, the experience is identical. Similarly for youtube, google wants the widest audience. Wider the audience, more the ads and m…

Incorrect: the maps app in iOS iOS maps is basically another ad platform... And with iOS 6 being adopted at a high rate, Google would lose all those "eyeballs" and crowd sourced data if they didn't release their own iOS maps app.

Ok. I stand corrected :) I have never seen a sponsored listing. I still think maps as a product is not dependent on ads like search or youtube is.

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Post by randomdata »

Tichy wrote: post #135
randomdata wrote: post #134

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Embedding a map with a search field in an HTML page is no different than maps.google.com either, but you will be subject to the API terms because those are the terms Google has decided upon. They could ask browser vendors to pay too, if they wanted to, but have chosen not to. They chose to charge those who implement software using their API. A Maps app like Apple's, which does far more than pointing to maps.google.co…

The real value of the maps apps is collecting data about user's behavior and movement patterns. Apple don't get that if they use a third party app.

Apple still had access to that data while using Google as a provider. That wouldn't justify the switch at all.

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Post by VMG »

steevdave wrote: post #110

I really do hope they do. I've been using the beta and all through it, there were no routing apps available for my area (San Antonio, so not exactly a tiny city, according to Wikipedia we are the 7th largest population wise) Now that iOS 6 is out, I decided to give the Maps app a shot again. So I pulled it up, thought for a second since I am used to the old interface, clicked the wrong thing a couple times, finally g…

> San Antonio, so not exactly a tiny city, according to Wikipedia we are the 7th largest population wise

not to nickpick, but 7th largest city in the US

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