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I moved to Apple Maps since the past 6 months or so. At first I thought I would be back to using google maps but I haven’t opened google maps even once. Apple d

I moved to Apple Maps since the past 6 months or so. At first I thought I would be back to using google maps but I haven’t opened google maps even once. Apple did an amazing job so far with maps. Although once in a while I keep running into a minor bug with traffic updates so far it’s been much better than Google maps

dkdbejwi383 5y ago
Which part of the world do you live in? I am guessing it’s North America. Here in the UK, Apple maps is fine, but still a good few years behind Google. It’s things like footpaths and cycle lanes which are vastly more detailed on Google Maps, not to mention the actual data in Apple maps being a few years behind (a few of the roads in my area aren’t on Apple maps, and it has no building outlines. The satellite view is about 3 years old. I find the data on businesses is better on Google maps, too.
- Spooky23 5y ago
  It definitely varies, but I’d say that Apple Maps is on a constant upward trajectory of marginal improvements, while Google Maps and Waze rots. At best, it decays in place like Waze. At worst, they “improve” it, like Maps.
- isbvhodnvemrwvn 5y ago
  And if you have an openstreetmaps nut living near you, it's going to be much more detailed too, one near me updated the location of a rubbish bin within two days of it being moved.
moooo99 5y ago
Funnily enough, my experience is the exact opposite. I've been using Apple Maps exclusively during my vacation in the last two weeks and regardless of where I went, the experience was much worse than with Google maps. Restaurant info was not up to date, addresses were wrong and especially the routing was awful. Thanks to apples routing I easily spent a collective 4 hours more on the Autobahn than should have been necessary. Overall, I will definitely continue to use Google Maps as my main map app. My best guess is that since the iOS market share here in Germany is dramatically different than for example in the US, the quality of the user generated map content is dramatically different as well
notsureaboutpg 5y ago
Opposite experience. COVID has made Apple Maps pretty useless as they don't include info about which restaurants are opened / offer dine-in vs takeout only or which stores have reduced hours.

dkdbejwi383 5y ago

Which part of the world do you live in? I am guessing it’s North America. Here in the UK, Apple maps is fine, but still a good few years behind Google. It’s things like footpaths and cycle lanes which are vastly more detailed on Google Maps, not to mention the actual data in Apple maps being a few years behind (a few of the roads in my area aren’t on Apple maps, and it has no building outlines. The satellite view is about 3 years old. I find the data on businesses is better on Google maps, too.

Spooky23 5y ago
It definitely varies, but I’d say that Apple Maps is on a constant upward trajectory of marginal improvements, while Google Maps and Waze rots. At best, it decays in place like Waze. At worst, they “improve” it, like Maps.
isbvhodnvemrwvn 5y ago
And if you have an openstreetmaps nut living near you, it's going to be much more detailed too, one near me updated the location of a rubbish bin within two days of it being moved.

moooo99 5y ago

Funnily enough, my experience is the exact opposite. I've been using Apple Maps exclusively during my vacation in the last two weeks and regardless of where I went, the experience was much worse than with Google maps. Restaurant info was not up to date, addresses were wrong and especially the routing was awful. Thanks to apples routing I easily spent a collective 4 hours more on the Autobahn than should have been necessary. Overall, I will definitely continue to use Google Maps as my main map app. My best guess is that since the iOS market share here in Germany is dramatically different than for example in the US, the quality of the user generated map content is dramatically different as well

notsureaboutpg 5y ago

Opposite experience. COVID has made Apple Maps pretty useless as they don't include info about which restaurants are opened / offer dine-in vs takeout only or which stores have reduced hours.