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> CarPlay adds support for third-party navigation apps displayed right on the car’s dash — joining music, messaging, calling and automaker apps. woohoo! Can I

> CarPlay adds support for third-party navigation apps displayed right on the car’s dash — joining music, messaging, calling and automaker apps. woohoo! Can I finally use google maps in my car then? I don't understand why the Apple Maps team has been so slow on features

graeme 8y ago
Yes, you can. They showed an image of it onscreen in the carplay keynote. Google maps, waze, etc
threeseed 8y ago
> I don't understand why the Apple Maps team has been so slow on features Have they ? Every major iOS update has major updates to the Maps app. It is slowly bridging the gap with Google Maps and the issues are still mainly with POIs which Apple arguably can never fix. Unless of course they do their own Street View and invent their own captcha system.
- cptskippy 8y ago
  I thought Captcha was primarily used for model training and not actual POI parsing. Regardless there are plenty of third parties who are in this space that companies like Apple license their data from. There's no reason someone can't compete with apple on POI quality.
  - threeseed 8y ago
    It is used for model training. But the model recognises the street names and numbers which it can use to exactly position businesses. One of the biggest issue with Apple POIs are that they are often in incorrect (and sometimes ridiculous) locations. Apple already licenses its data from many providers e.g. Foursquare, Yelp but that only gets you so far. Google is much further ahead largely through their own technology.
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- jonknee 8y ago
  Google Maps gets new features all the time, it's weird Apple waits to give Maps an update annually. Apple would be better served decoupling a lot of the default apps from OS level updates.
  - abritinthebay 8y ago
    The odd thing is Google Maps routing algorithm seems to actively be getting worse. It tries to be too clever, resulting in often frustrating and silly route adjustments
    - things 8y ago
      It also seems to reset fixes. One example: when asking for cycling directions into the city from where I live, Google maps tried to send me down a staircase in a local park. I notified google and it was fixed a few months later. Now it's back… I've seen it for other fixes too.
    - janlaureys 8y ago
      Might be because Google Maps and Waze are getting closer entwined.

graeme 8y ago

Yes, you can. They showed an image of it onscreen in the carplay keynote. Google maps, waze, etc

threeseed 8y ago

> I don't understand why the Apple Maps team has been so slow on features Have they ? Every major iOS update has major updates to the Maps app. It is slowly bridging the gap with Google Maps and the issues are still mainly with POIs which Apple arguably can never fix. Unless of course they do their own Street View and invent their own captcha system.

cptskippy 8y ago
I thought Captcha was primarily used for model training and not actual POI parsing. Regardless there are plenty of third parties who are in this space that companies like Apple license their data from. There's no reason someone can't compete with apple on POI quality.
- threeseed 8y ago
  It is used for model training. But the model recognises the street names and numbers which it can use to exactly position businesses. One of the biggest issue with Apple POIs are that they are often in incorrect (and sometimes ridiculous) locations. Apple already licenses its data from many providers e.g. Foursquare, Yelp but that only gets you so far. Google is much further ahead largely through their own technology.
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jonknee 8y ago
Google Maps gets new features all the time, it's weird Apple waits to give Maps an update annually. Apple would be better served decoupling a lot of the default apps from OS level updates.
- abritinthebay 8y ago
  The odd thing is Google Maps routing algorithm seems to actively be getting worse. It tries to be too clever, resulting in often frustrating and silly route adjustments
  - things 8y ago
    It also seems to reset fixes. One example: when asking for cycling directions into the city from where I live, Google maps tried to send me down a staircase in a local park. I notified google and it was fixed a few months later. Now it's back… I've seen it for other fixes too.
  - janlaureys 8y ago
    Might be because Google Maps and Waze are getting closer entwined.