I discovered that Google Maps is consuming a huge amount of data, several GB during my last vacation, nearly depleting my contingent. How does Apple Maps compare?
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Apple Maps' Acceleration (2020)
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I have noticed this as well. Much easier too when it's saying which lane to be in when you're exiting a highway
The lane by lane is more harm than help IMHO. You often get an instruction like "use the left 2 lanes". But where you are when the instruction is given, the leftmost lane might be a forced early left turn. If you're unfamiliar with the location, this requires a lot of extra cognitive load, vs simply not giving that specificity at all. As well, traffic conditions change rapidly and the lane by lane doesn't account for…
I’ve found their reporting mechanism for incorrect directions to be very easy to use and that they are responsive to the suggestions. Please leave a marker for the next poor soul who’d get snared in that trap!
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#103To compete, Apple Maps will also need to have a fully accessible web version
Why is that? As far as I can imagine, people using Apple maps, especially those requiring accessibility features, will be using the app on their phone.
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#104I've been recently trying out the new Apple maps' turn by turn navigation. Some of the directions are almost human like - "Take a left at next traffic light" Must say makes driving directions easier to follow compared to take a left on X street, when I can't even see what X street is at night.
Doesn't Google maps do this too?
At least in the UK I can hear "at the roundabout, take the Xth exit" echoing in my head right now. Can't remember about traffic lights.
It does mention road names though which is kinda silly... If I knew the roads well enough to know what they are called I'd not need directions!
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#105Every time I've tried Apple Maps, I run into the same problem--it doesn't seem to predict your realtime location ahead by X feet to account for your speed and delay in GPS signal. Google Maps does this. The result is that on Apple Maps, your position is "behind" where you really are at the moment, and it's harder to make the turn. Google's tradeoff is that if you miss a turn, it will momentarily show your position as…
I've noticed the same thing. I do use Apple Maps in Carplay, but have learned to anticipate what's shown on-screen in-relation to where I'm actually located. Seems like it's certainly fixable, but I'm surprised it hasn't been addressed already given that two random strangers on the internet highlight that as one of the service's primary weaknesses.
Has Apple ever factored user feedback into its designs? They seem pretty dictatorial in how they approach UX.. "Apple knows best, user will adjust."
<-- typing this from a Mac, while learning how to use iPad's opaque gestures...
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#106Meanwhile, in other parts of the world it cannot even get the shape of land and country borders right. Here's an example on the border of Montenegro and Albania: https://imgur.com/a/B3aVJYH
You can report data issues at https://github.com/osmlab/appledata/issues/149 (Montenegro) https://github.com/osmlab/appledata/issues/148 (Albania)
Is this for Apple's data collaboration with OpenStreetMaps? I don't get it — both countries seem have very good coverage in OSM, but not in Apple Maps.
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Geofabrik provides MapCompare for this... The differences between OSM and the rest are staggering! https://tools.geofabrik.de/mc/#14/41.8650/19.3868&num=4&mt0=...
Currently showing a "this page cannot load Google Maps correctly". I guess they ran out of free views? (But also underscoring quite effectively the other people saying "I won't build on Google Maps")
I think that error appears if you are not providing an API key, or using the "wrong" key (e.g. one copy-pasted from a tutorial)
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#108To compete, Apple Maps will also need to have a fully accessible web version
Why is that? As far as I can imagine, people using Apple maps, especially those requiring accessibility features, will be using the app on their phone.
It is embedded in various places on the web - e.g. duckduckgo uses it. You don't get a choice if the website owner forces it on you
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#109To compete, Apple Maps will also need to have a fully accessible web version
DuckDuckGo's maps are powered by Apple Maps, so technically they do.
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#110Now if Apple Maps can only add a "north-up" option while navigating, instead of turning the map when I turn, causing me to lose all orientation!