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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

by soperj 8y ago

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.

mlok 8y ago
!gm is shorter for Google Maps on duckduckgo (in case you didn't know about this shortcut)
matwood 8y ago
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.
mnem 8y ago
For Scotland, the maps are pretty good (much better than Google Maps here). I was quite surprised.
baxtr 8y ago
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)
- beezischillin 8y ago
  It's such an inconsistent experience for me, in my home region, Transylvania, Google Maps is vastly superior even tho I'd prefer Apple. But I found that -- weirdly enough -- at least while vacationing in the UK, Google seems to show a lot less information on the map on the same zoom level, to a point where I need to zoom in to a level where I feel I can't see a large enough area at once. An example of this is the Brighton Marina, trying to look up the POIs there is frustrating on Google Maps while at the same time it's usable on Apple's offering.
reaperducer 8y ago
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.
- devereaux 8y ago
  Alternative: in countries where Apple maps suck, try Here maps: great UI and offline maps.
  - FiveSquared 8y ago
    What aboyt maps.me? I use it and its excellent. https://maps.me/ https://maps.me/
- clairity 8y ago
  where do you think apple maps is better than google? google maps is the only google service i still use on a regular basis because it's clearly better than apple maps for me (california mostly). apple maps is ok for simple use cases like finding a known business, but an ambiguous search on google maps is almost always better, as is their routing. i'd love to find a better mapping service for these more complicated use cases so i can avoid google altogether.
  - saagarjha 8y ago
    Interestingly, I find Apple Maps to be at least par, and in some cases better, in California. This is following the push they had this summer to improve their maps here.
  - pertymcpert 8y ago
    Usually it's now better in the Bay Area.
  - 8y ago
sveme 8y ago
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).
- wil421 8y ago
  Is Apple Maps good with public transit? I used Google maps in and around Stuttgart and Munich. It worked extremely well. Google Maps was extremely good with public transport in NYC but Apple Maps was not. Where I live but the Southern US Apple Maps is almost as good as Google Maps. Public Transport isn’t quite as good with Apple maps in my city.
  - chipotle_coyote 8y ago
    I've found Apple Maps to usually be terrific with public transit -- with the caveat that they don't have transit data for nearly as many cities as Google does. For a while I considered Apple to be slightly ahead of Google, as Apple's system could tell you which exit from transit stations to take when you were walking/transferring, although I believe Google's caught up with that since.
  - sveme 8y ago
    Crap for Munich at least. Just tried it, couldn‘t even find the route between home and work - and both are along major public transport routes. However, I typically use the DB Navigator app for these purposes in Germany. Highly recommended.
rsynnott 8y ago
It's pretty regional. It's less confused about Dublin's public transport system these days than Google is, say, so I've started to use it more.
graeme 8y ago
One thing is apple maps hasn't added bike maps for some reason. This is a seriously hindrance in Europe I expect. I'm in Montreal and this keeps me from using apple maps, as I like to assess walking/biking/transit/uber to decide how to get somewhere

by soperj 8y ago

mlok 8y ago

!gm is shorter for Google Maps on duckduckgo (in case you didn't know about this shortcut)

matwood 8y ago

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.

mnem 8y ago

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

baxtr 8y ago

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)

beezischillin 8y ago
It's such an inconsistent experience for me, in my home region, Transylvania, Google Maps is vastly superior even tho I'd prefer Apple. But I found that -- weirdly enough -- at least while vacationing in the UK, Google seems to show a lot less information on the map on the same zoom level, to a point where I need to zoom in to a level where I feel I can't see a large enough area at once. An example of this is the Brighton Marina, trying to look up the POIs there is frustrating on Google Maps while at the same time it's usable on Apple's offering.

reaperducer 8y ago

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.

devereaux 8y ago
Alternative: in countries where Apple maps suck, try Here maps: great UI and offline maps.
- FiveSquared 8y ago
  What aboyt maps.me? I use it and its excellent. https://maps.me/ https://maps.me/
clairity 8y ago
where do you think apple maps is better than google? google maps is the only google service i still use on a regular basis because it's clearly better than apple maps for me (california mostly). apple maps is ok for simple use cases like finding a known business, but an ambiguous search on google maps is almost always better, as is their routing. i'd love to find a better mapping service for these more complicated use cases so i can avoid google altogether.
- saagarjha 8y ago
  Interestingly, I find Apple Maps to be at least par, and in some cases better, in California. This is following the push they had this summer to improve their maps here.
- pertymcpert 8y ago
  Usually it's now better in the Bay Area.
- 8y ago

sveme 8y ago

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).

wil421 8y ago
Is Apple Maps good with public transit? I used Google maps in and around Stuttgart and Munich. It worked extremely well. Google Maps was extremely good with public transport in NYC but Apple Maps was not. Where I live but the Southern US Apple Maps is almost as good as Google Maps. Public Transport isn’t quite as good with Apple maps in my city.
- chipotle_coyote 8y ago
  I've found Apple Maps to usually be terrific with public transit -- with the caveat that they don't have transit data for nearly as many cities as Google does. For a while I considered Apple to be slightly ahead of Google, as Apple's system could tell you which exit from transit stations to take when you were walking/transferring, although I believe Google's caught up with that since.
- sveme 8y ago
  Crap for Munich at least. Just tried it, couldn‘t even find the route between home and work - and both are along major public transport routes. However, I typically use the DB Navigator app for these purposes in Germany. Highly recommended.

rsynnott 8y ago

It's pretty regional. It's less confused about Dublin's public transport system these days than Google is, say, so I've started to use it more.

graeme 8y ago

One thing is apple maps hasn't added bike maps for some reason. This is a seriously hindrance in Europe I expect. I'm in Montreal and this keeps me from using apple maps, as I like to assess walking/biking/transit/uber to decide how to get somewhere