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Apple Maps is now quite usable if you're on iOS...although it's no Waze.

hakanensari 7y ago
Issues I have with Apple Maps: no cycling directions and, to a lesser degree, overall slightly-worse-quality and less intuitive visuals, like lacking first-person point-of-view or not updating starting point and estimates if I move when displaying directions. Of course, there's an element of me having gotten too much used to Google Maps in some of this.
- saagarjha 7y ago
  > lacking first-person point-of-view You mean street view? Apple Maps is slowly rolling out their version.
  - hakanensari 7y ago
    I mean displaying from the point of view of you walking or driving. It simply shows a birds-eye view (unless I'm somehow glossing over a toggle somewhere?).
    - JustSomeNobody 7y ago
      Two finger swipe up and down changes the perspective.
macintux 7y ago
I've been using Apple Maps for years now, but the new maps are practically unusable for one of my favorite use cases: scanning for roads in remote, wooded areas. I was trying to show someone one of my favorite state highways through the Hoosier National Forest, but the road (remember, a state highway!) literally vanishes into the greenery until you zoom quite far in. Maddening.
greggman2 7y ago
Apple Maps meh. It doesn't work across devices. I look maps on my browser all the time. I need maps to appear everywhere and be sharable with the 80% of the planet not using iOS
- saagarjha 7y ago
  You can share Apple Maps links with people; they'll open in Google Maps on devices that don't have Apple Maps.
- kristiandupont 7y ago
  You can use Apple Maps in the browser through DuckDuckGo
metalchianti 7y ago
I tried to kick Waze via Apple Maps but their routes are significantly worse. Sometimes the routes that Apple would give me were 10-20% longer than Waze's projection. Waze is the best, followed closely by Google Maps, and (unfortunately) Apple is a distance 3rd. Still hoping a viable alternative turns up!

Issues I have with Apple Maps: no cycling directions and, to a lesser degree, overall slightly-worse-quality and less intuitive visuals, like lacking first-person point-of-view or not updating starting point and estimates if I move when displaying directions. Of course, there's an element of me having gotten too much used to Google Maps in some of this.

saagarjha 7y ago
> lacking first-person point-of-view You mean street view? Apple Maps is slowly rolling out their version.
- hakanensari 7y ago
  I mean displaying from the point of view of you walking or driving. It simply shows a birds-eye view (unless I'm somehow glossing over a toggle somewhere?).
  - JustSomeNobody 7y ago
    Two finger swipe up and down changes the perspective.

macintux 7y ago

I've been using Apple Maps for years now, but the new maps are practically unusable for one of my favorite use cases: scanning for roads in remote, wooded areas. I was trying to show someone one of my favorite state highways through the Hoosier National Forest, but the road (remember, a state highway!) literally vanishes into the greenery until you zoom quite far in. Maddening.

greggman2 7y ago

Apple Maps meh. It doesn't work across devices. I look maps on my browser all the time. I need maps to appear everywhere and be sharable with the 80% of the planet not using iOS

saagarjha 7y ago
You can share Apple Maps links with people; they'll open in Google Maps on devices that don't have Apple Maps.
kristiandupont 7y ago
You can use Apple Maps in the browser through DuckDuckGo

metalchianti 7y ago

I tried to kick Waze via Apple Maps but their routes are significantly worse. Sometimes the routes that Apple would give me were 10-20% longer than Waze's projection. Waze is the best, followed closely by Google Maps, and (unfortunately) Apple is a distance 3rd. Still hoping a viable alternative turns up!