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I traveled to Beijing and Shanghai and Google maps was effectively worthless. Apple Maps on the other hand was accurate and included accurate mass transit direc
by justinzollars 6y ago
I traveled to Beijing and Shanghai and Google maps was effectively worthless. Apple Maps on the other hand was accurate and included accurate mass transit directions.
- dade_ 6y agoGoogle Maps is useless in Shenzhen and horrid in Hong Kong (satellite view and street view don't line up at all). I didn't have an iPhone, so I resorted baidu maps in China and memorizing the Chinese characters for the subway stations. I wasn't there for long, but it was very accurate. I guess I'll bring an iPhone next time.
- scanny 6y agoThere is a legitimate reason for the difference: https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/141542/what-causes-the-gps-offset-shift-in-china https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/141542/what-causes-t... Geographic data is mostly off limits in China; state owned enterprises / native Chinese apps likely get a pass on this though.
- silentsea90 6y agoPerhaps has to do with Google not really being a thing in China coz ethics.
- Mediterraneo10 6y agoChina forbids crowdsourced or foreign-corporate mapping. It is considered a national security risk. There are local approved sources of cartographic data. Apple presumably could buy them, but Google either could not or chose not to.
- justinzollars 6y agofor my benefit I'm Glad apple maps worked!