Apple Maps vs. Google Maps

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Post by ColinWright » Sat, Jul 10, 2021, 11:40 AM UTC

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Post by aunty_helen » Sat, Jul 10, 2021, 2:24 PM UTC

What a tight rope this author has to walk. You want commute suggestions but you don’t want google to know where you live or work?

I’ll bat for google on this one, the value I get from Gmaps vs the value they get from my data seems like a fair exchange.

Also PSA, if you use Bluetooth with your car, your city transport department is tracking you. Best of luck opting out of that or even finding who to contact.

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Post by steve_adams_86 » Sat, Jul 10, 2021, 2:25 PM UTC

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?

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Post by vikingcaffiene » Sat, Jul 10, 2021, 2:33 PM UTC

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 made the switch back to Apple Maps a while back. It’s great. I’m not sure what specific features you want to know about.

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Post by zepto » Sat, Jul 10, 2021, 2:34 PM UTC

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 agree with the notion. It was pretty terrible for the first 3 years. A second place contender for a few years after that, but for the last few years it has been clearly as good.

I am not going to enumerate strong and weak points. It’s a matter of taste at this point. Just try it again.

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Post by olivertaylor » Sat, Jul 10, 2021, 2:36 PM UTC

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 almost entirely use Apple Maps. I live in a large city so the data is very accurate. And I only really use it for driving, so I can't compare transit, hiking trails, etc. When I travel to less populated parts of the country Google Maps is far more accurate and complete. That's the only difference I've noticed.

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Post by toyg » Sat, Jul 10, 2021, 2:38 PM UTC

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 used it occasionally, at one point it was better than GMaps when data connection was spotty. But sooner or later I'd always go back, because directions-related features always felt better in the Google world.

This is in Northern England though. In the Big Smoke it might be different.

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Post by hellisothers » Sat, Jul 10, 2021, 2:40 PM UTC

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?

Apple Maps has a different tracking/lag time on your location compared to Google Maps such that every time I try to switch I start missing (a lot of) turns while driving. Maybe it’s time to just get used to the different cursor…

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Post by ghaff » Sat, Jul 10, 2021, 2:49 PM UTC

olivertaylor wrote: post #6

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 almost entirely use Apple Maps. I live in a large city so the data is very accurate. And I only really use it for driving, so I can't compare transit, hiking trails, etc. When I travel to less populated parts of the country Google Maps is far more accurate and complete. That's the only difference I've noticed.

Google Maps is pretty good for transit and pretty bad for hiking trails. Can't speak to Apple Maps. While imperfect, OpenStreetMaps is fairly reliable for hiking trails, including unofficial ones, in populated areas of the US at any rate.

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Post by brnt » Sat, Jul 10, 2021, 2:54 PM UTC

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?

Wherever I've been (I hike a lot), I find that OSM is superior to both.