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Honestly I never saw a point of adding these 3d structures on a map. Map should be 2d, these grey blocks don't really add much information on 99% of the maps an
by usaphp 7y ago
Honestly I never saw a point of adding these 3d structures on a map. Map should be 2d, these grey blocks don't really add much information on 99% of the maps and seems like a wasted time to me, I would rather they focus more on small and hard to find roads, that's the main reason of a map
- saagarjha 7y ago3D structures are great when you’re walking around a city a trying to find a specific building, because you can now see what it looks like.
- ilikepi 7y agoIt seems plausible that the 3D vector structures are there to provide a skeleton onto which the 3D satellite images are mapped. Whether you think the latter is useful is another matter...personally I think it is helpful as a way to visualize the general appearance of an area beyond the narrow perspective of a Street View/Look Around car.
- zapzupnz 7y ago> that's the main reason of a map That's what you might think is the main reason of a map. There are many various reasons to want to use a map. I assume one of the main uses for most of Apple's customers, and probably even Google's given they're also working towards 3D topography, is to find particular buildings, particularly businesses, or landmarks. Don't make the mistake of thinking that your use case is everybody else's.
- zamalek 7y agoI suspect Google could be using similar data for their AR maps. It wouldn't surprise me if Apple isn't planning to "invent" that also in the near future, it completely changes the reliability of walking directions.