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The problem with Apple Maps is that it's just monumentally stupid, for lack of a better term. I live in east London, and the other day I searched for direction
by dkdbejwi383 5y ago
The problem with Apple Maps is that it's just monumentally stupid, for lack of a better term.
I live in east London, and the other day I searched for directions to "Barbican", which is both a tube station and landmark in central London. My transport preference in the app is set to public transport.
Apple Maps gave me driving directions to an island called "Barbican" in the middle of the sea somewhere.
- ernesth 5y agoTo be fair, Google Maps is also stupid: I once planned in advance and saved a trip with intermediary steps ending at what it calls "Domicile" (its way of saying Home in french). The next day I open the trip and the destination is no longer my home but a place doing home cleaning close to my start...
- gambiting 5y agoIt's beyond stupid. It does the same thing for me, I'm in the UK, I search for something and it gives me a location somewhere in the US.
- runj__ 5y agoSo, how was the island? I've experienced similar things, seems like one of the simpler problems to solve.
- janekm 5y agoI just tried and it came up with Barbican centre and Barbican tube, might be worth updating to the latest version as there seem to have been a lot of improvement on the London map. Walking guidance also works better in Apple maps for me (especially with the watch). Still I also do find myself using Google Maps a lot of the time despite preferring the Apple one on privacy / design grounds.