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Trying it in Rome. Visually it’s great, but the data quality is way behind Google. I only checked a handful of places that I know well, but nearly all have som
by bjohnson225 5y ago
Trying it in Rome. Visually it’s great, but the data quality is way behind Google.
I only checked a handful of places that I know well, but nearly all have some kind of issue. I get:
- A very popular local restaurant with incorrect opening and closing times (closes at 10pm according to Apple, 2am in reality and Google)
- A supermarket with everything correct
- A pet food shop which has no opening hours (unlike Google)
- a pasticceria which doesn’t exist (this is one people queue in the street for)
- a gelateria with incorrect closing times
If the data was reliable I would switch, everything else is better than Google Maps.
- dav43 5y agoThis is the same data quality I face in Singapore. Looks great, but gets simple Things wrong, including wrong routes (doesn’t show several options usually) and business details not up to date. How forgiving do we have to be? Google maps is just better.
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- traceroute66 5y agoI don't think its 100% fair to blame Apple for the business metadata - and I'm sure they're aware of it and working on it. The opening times data on Google comes from business owners who create an account on Google and then create a Business Profile (in rare cases, Google scrapes it from the website but it needs to be presented in a specific machine readable form[1] which, let's be honest, most websites do not, especially small businesses). Apple probably just need to spread the word more that they have an equivalent mechanism in place.[2] [1]https://developers.google.com/search/docs/advanced/structured-data/local-business https://developers.google.com/search/docs/advanced/structure... [2] https://register.apple.com/placesonmaps/ https://register.apple.com/placesonmaps/
- bjohnson225 5y agoYes, it’s difficult, but they’re not going to successfully compete with Google Maps until they have good business metadata. They need to find a way. I don’t personally know anyone who uses Apple Maps in Italy, and the low usage is presumably why so many businesses ignore it.
- bryanrasmussen 5y ago>I don’t personally know anyone who uses Apple Maps in Italy, tourists? on edit: with money, because have the expensive phones presumably.
- bjohnson225 5y agoMaybe. I just meant that of the iPhone users I know here, they all using Google Maps.
- kzrdude 5y agoGoogle maps opening hours are also frequently wrong, at least have been in pandemic time
- yardie 5y agoI neither go by Apple Maps or Google Maps for restaurant opening times in my area. A lot of them still have their pre-pandemic times posted online and most simply don’t have the staff to stay open from 12p-1am.
- alistairSH 5y agoThat’s my experience as well. Even pre-pandemic.
- defaultname 5y agoThe same in Canada -- the hours and even phone numbers are wrong frequently enough that it makes them entirely untrustworthy and thus ignored. I just search for the business website to find those sorts of details, and it isn't something I expect from a mapping product.
- pfranz 5y agoWith Covid, I've noticed Yelp, Google, and Apple all have untrustworthy business hours. In some cases all of them were wrong with different times. They all provide ways to submit new hours; some ask for a picture, others let you type in the hours. I know with Apple I'll get an alert a week or two later when the data is accepted. I've done this in multiple countries. So it's not just a US-centric focus (may be a Euro-centric one, though).
- whoknowswhat11 5y agoI have a business and want to support apple maps. Google let's business owners do updates directly to their listing which is nice and claiming a business in google is MUCH easier (no document uploads etc in my case).