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Re: DuckDuckGo will use Apple Maps

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Post by matwood »

soperj wrote: post #3

Not in the US - so realize that not everyone experiences this - but I've never had a mapping software be so terrible as Apple maps, led me completely out of the way and over a toll bridge that I didn't need to go over. Trip was over an hour longer than it needed to be. I'll definitely still be using !maps to get google maps on duckduckgo.

Is this recent? I'm in the US, and have found that Apple Maps have improved greatly since it was released. The directions and estimates are equal or better than Google Maps for my area now.

Re: DuckDuckGo will use Apple Maps

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Post by mtmail »

lukeqsee wrote: post #12
grsmto wrote: post #8

I wish they were explaining why they moved away from Mapbox and OSM in general!

I believe Apple at least augments their data with OSM data; however, I suspect the primary driver of this decision was price. Edit: request are succeeding for me now.

Apple employee spoke at a recent OSM conference. Yes, they use OSM data as well. In some countries more than others. Apple also has a fulltime staff working on OSM. https://github.com/osmlab/appledata/issues, https://github.com/osmlab/appledata/

Re: DuckDuckGo will use Apple Maps

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Post by mnem »

soperj wrote: post #3

Not in the US - so realize that not everyone experiences this - but I've never had a mapping software be so terrible as Apple maps, led me completely out of the way and over a toll bridge that I didn't need to go over. Trip was over an hour longer than it needed to be. I'll definitely still be using !maps to get google maps on duckduckgo.

For Scotland, the maps are pretty good (much better than Google Maps here). I was quite surprised.

Re: DuckDuckGo will use Apple Maps

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Post by baxtr »

soperj wrote: post #3

Not in the US - so realize that not everyone experiences this - but I've never had a mapping software be so terrible as Apple maps, led me completely out of the way and over a toll bridge that I didn't need to go over. Trip was over an hour longer than it needed to be. I'll definitely still be using !maps to get google maps on duckduckgo.

I live in Europe and only use Apple Maps. It is good enough. Sometimes POI are missing, that’s when I use Google Maps (Browser only)

Re: DuckDuckGo will use Apple Maps

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Post by reaperducer »

soperj wrote: post #3

Not in the US - so realize that not everyone experiences this - but I've never had a mapping software be so terrible as Apple maps, led me completely out of the way and over a toll bridge that I didn't need to go over. Trip was over an hour longer than it needed to be. I'll definitely still be using !maps to get google maps on duckduckgo.

It's regional.

For a long time (in internet time), Apple Maps were clearly inferior to Google Maps.

These days, it's more nuanced. In some geographies they have parity. In a select few, Apple is ahead. For most, though, Google is better.

For speed and privacy reasons, I check Apple Maps first. If I don't find what I'm looking for, then I go to Google Maps and follow up by force-quitting Google Maps when I'm done.

Re: DuckDuckGo will use Apple Maps

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Post by sveme »

soperj wrote: post #3

Not in the US - so realize that not everyone experiences this - but I've never had a mapping software be so terrible as Apple maps, led me completely out of the way and over a toll bridge that I didn't need to go over. Trip was over an hour longer than it needed to be. I'll definitely still be using !maps to get google maps on duckduckgo.

What‘s your country? Using Apple Maps all the time in Germany and found it to be actually better than Google Maps (though with a tendency to reroute around traffic more often than Google Maps used to do).
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