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> Apple Maps is still pretty far behind Google Maps. Both fall well short of OSM for topics other than finding local businesses. OSM gives me incredible detai

> Apple Maps is still pretty far behind Google Maps. Both fall well short of OSM for topics other than finding local businesses. OSM gives me incredible detail, even telling me where water fountains and benches are in the local park. Meanwhile Google Maps doesn't even recognize the restricted access road running through the park, let alone any of the walking trails, let alone any water fountains, benches, etc. If you can't drive a car on it or through it or to it, Google thinks it may as well not exist.

dragonwriter 7y ago
> If you can't drive a car on it or through it or to it, Google thinks it may as well not exist. That may seem to be true some places, but I've seen many places (including around my house) where Google has great coverage of nameless walking and biking trails that aren't open to cars.
- catalogia 7y ago
  Have you compared Google's and OSM's maps of those locations side by side? I wager OSM has much more detail. This is the case even for public parks located in the middle of major American west coast cities (where I would expect Google to have good coverage, if they had it anywhere.) Consider for instance this city park in Seattle: https://www.google.com/maps/@47.6397466,-122.2948284,18.95z https://www.google.com/maps/@47.6397466,-122.2948284,18.95z https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/47.63987/-122.29488&layers=N https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/47.63987/-122.29488&la... Google has gotten better in recent years, it now has a few of the walking trails, but compared to OSM it's still absolutely pitiful. Even in high profile locations like Yellowstone National Park, Google Maps is pitiful compared to OSM: https://www.google.com/maps/@44.3925569,-110.5541906,18z https://www.google.com/maps/@44.3925569,-110.5541906,18z https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=18/44.39273/-110.55472&layers=N https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=18/44.39273/-110.55472&la...
  - askbjoernhansen 7y ago
    Apple Maps seems to have comparable detail to OSM for that location ... https://maps.apple.com/?ll=44.39273,-110.55472&spn=0.003043,0.006653&t=m https://maps.apple.com/?ll=44.39273,-110.55472&spn=0.003043,... Or what do you see that the rest of us don't? :-)
userbinator 7y ago
If you can't drive a car on it or through it or to it, Google thinks it may as well not exist. Given what Google uses to build its maps, that's not surprising: https://d.newsweek.com/en/full/259216/google-street-view.jpg https://d.newsweek.com/en/full/259216/google-street-view.jpg

dragonwriter 7y ago

> If you can't drive a car on it or through it or to it, Google thinks it may as well not exist. That may seem to be true some places, but I've seen many places (including around my house) where Google has great coverage of nameless walking and biking trails that aren't open to cars.

catalogia 7y ago
Have you compared Google's and OSM's maps of those locations side by side? I wager OSM has much more detail. This is the case even for public parks located in the middle of major American west coast cities (where I would expect Google to have good coverage, if they had it anywhere.) Consider for instance this city park in Seattle: https://www.google.com/maps/@47.6397466,-122.2948284,18.95z https://www.google.com/maps/@47.6397466,-122.2948284,18.95z https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/47.63987/-122.29488&layers=N https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/47.63987/-122.29488&la... Google has gotten better in recent years, it now has a few of the walking trails, but compared to OSM it's still absolutely pitiful. Even in high profile locations like Yellowstone National Park, Google Maps is pitiful compared to OSM: https://www.google.com/maps/@44.3925569,-110.5541906,18z https://www.google.com/maps/@44.3925569,-110.5541906,18z https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=18/44.39273/-110.55472&layers=N https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=18/44.39273/-110.55472&la...
- askbjoernhansen 7y ago
  Apple Maps seems to have comparable detail to OSM for that location ... https://maps.apple.com/?ll=44.39273,-110.55472&spn=0.003043,0.006653&t=m https://maps.apple.com/?ll=44.39273,-110.55472&spn=0.003043,... Or what do you see that the rest of us don't? :-)

userbinator 7y ago

If you can't drive a car on it or through it or to it, Google thinks it may as well not exist. Given what Google uses to build its maps, that's not surprising: https://d.newsweek.com/en/full/259216/google-street-view.jpg https://d.newsweek.com/en/full/259216/google-street-view.jpg