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I use Apple Maps for turn-by-turn navigation because Google Maps confirms the need to turn at exactly the moment I already need to be turning, which is not help
by prewett 6y ago
I use Apple Maps for turn-by-turn navigation because Google Maps confirms the need to turn at exactly the moment I already need to be turning, which is not helpful, especially on the highway where "next exit" is a little ambiguous (to me, anyway; I think "next" is the one after "this" exit). Apple Maps confirms the need to turn some 500 ft ahead of any turn. No need to ask myself "have I gone 1.2 miles yet?".
It was even worse driving in the UK. Google Maps told me "at the roundabout take the 3rd exit on St. George St.". Well, does the driveway-looking exit, or the store entrance count as #1 or do I ignore that one? Also, their street names may be precisely correct, but streets on the roundabout are not labelled by their names, but by the city/town that the road goes to next. Apple Maps, by contrast says "exit the roundabout at the 3rd exit going towards Canterbury" (or something like that). I can't remember if they said the exit number or not, but all you had to do was confirm that the exit with the sign saying "Canterbury" was more or less the 3rd exit and good to go.
Then there is the problem where I'm not using navigation and looking for a street name. Google Maps used to label major streets, but now they do nothing of the sort. You might get the major highway if you're lucky, and there will be a minor street with a label somewhere, but the major street off the freeway exit? You can't find the name until you zoom in until the street is the only thing visible, and then I guess Google Maps decides that they might as well display that useless street name, since there's nothing else that can be displayed. Mind you, Apple Maps is only marginally better for that, but still.
Google Maps is better for finding things, but I fired it for navigation.