Apple Maps vs. Google Maps

Post by aiddun » Sat, Jul 10, 2021, 5:14 PM UTC

beefman wrote: post #108

Apple's driving coverage has been improving and is now as good as Google's in the SF Bay area. Google is still better at walking directions (especially involving building access), and I'm sure their coverage is superior globally. Apple doesn't support multi-point itineraries and doesn't have depart at / arrive by functionality, which can be very useful. Apple has generally copied Google's mobile UI approach, which ha…

Post by aunty_helen » Sat, Jul 10, 2021, 5:16 PM UTC

foolfoolz wrote: post #103

aunty_helen wrote: post #2

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.

you don’t even need bluetooth. there’s license plate readers on all highways which feed into traffic indicators on apps or those road signs that say how many minutes away places are

Post by hobr » Sat, Jul 10, 2021, 5:23 PM UTC

philjohn wrote: post #97

komuher wrote: post #18

Google maps >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> apple maps here in Europe especially for medium sized cities (in big cities apple works fine but still a lot worse then google). For me it seems like fair exchange to give some data, for free and very good service that have no real competition :)

I tried Apple Maps again recently to drive to my daughter's school half an hour away. Despite it stating that the destination was indeed that school, I ended up in a residential street over 3 miles away. The carplay interface of it also wasn't as easy to follow as on Google Maps - which is surprising.

Post by nvr219 » Sat, Jul 10, 2021, 5:30 PM UTC

Post by post-factum » Sat, Jul 10, 2021, 5:33 PM UTC

komuher wrote: post #100

FlyingSnake wrote: post #79

Earlier quoted context omitted.

OpenStreetMap >>>>>>>>> Google maps pretty much everywhere in EU (and RoW). I had better data in Harz, Bohemian Switzerland, Girona, Laos, Indian jungles etc which was way better than what Google provides. I would rather give my data to the qualitatively better option OSM than a controversial foreign firm that has questionable stance on user privacy.

Dunno about google maps in Germany (cause of German laws) but in Italy, Czechia, Poland, Slovakia, Austria (all places that i visited in europe and use google maps) i found google maps to be excellent but i didnt use OSM for like last 3 years so cant speak about that :) * And still OSM was a lot better then Apple maps few years ago.