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Apple's driving coverage has been improving and is now as good as Google's in the SF Bay area. Google is still better at walking directions (especially involvin

Apple's driving coverage has been improving and is now as good as Google's in the SF Bay area. Google is still better at walking directions (especially involving building access), and I'm sure their coverage is superior globally. Apple doesn't support multi-point itineraries and doesn't have depart at / arrive by functionality, which can be very useful. Apple has generally copied Google's mobile UI approach, which has been devolving for a few years now (2018 brought the large and useless bottom "explore" panel IIRC). Google's iOS app is almost impossible to use as an actual map now -- it's exceedingly difficult to pan, orient, or zoom to inspect things. Everything you do has to be part of some flow that somebody designed, while it flashes surveys at you. Trying to do anything else just bounces you between flows in a loop. It's become and idiot app to the point that I wonder how those involved sleep at night.

aiddun 5y ago
Apple Maps in iOS 15 will have leave at/arrive by. I've been using it in the beta
pfranz 5y ago
> Apple doesn't support multi-point itineraries I've never tried multi-point itineraries with Google Maps, but the new iOS beta has an "add stop" feature. It's not exactly what I was hoping for because it only has predefined searches ("food", "gas", etc). What it does is pause your original trip with a button to continue. If it could do a generic search along the route it would be exactly what I need most of the time without being too confusing to use.
dan-robertson 5y ago
For an iPad, I find the apple ma-s ui much better. E.g. for search results in portrait, apple give you a column on the side (so you can see the map) but google fill your screen with results which makes more sense on a small phone. Google do the same “better” thing in landscape. I also find Apple’s street view copy much nicer to use but obviously they have the late-mover advantage. Google now have a poor copy of this interface but it’s hidden away.

aiddun 5y ago

Apple Maps in iOS 15 will have leave at/arrive by. I've been using it in the beta

pfranz 5y ago

> Apple doesn't support multi-point itineraries I've never tried multi-point itineraries with Google Maps, but the new iOS beta has an "add stop" feature. It's not exactly what I was hoping for because it only has predefined searches ("food", "gas", etc). What it does is pause your original trip with a button to continue. If it could do a generic search along the route it would be exactly what I need most of the time without being too confusing to use.

dan-robertson 5y ago

For an iPad, I find the apple ma-s ui much better. E.g. for search results in portrait, apple give you a column on the side (so you can see the map) but google fill your screen with results which makes more sense on a small phone. Google do the same “better” thing in landscape. I also find Apple’s street view copy much nicer to use but obviously they have the late-mover advantage. Google now have a poor copy of this interface but it’s hidden away.