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Yeah... I'm not sure I agree on 'look around' being a minor feature or a misplaced priority, but I definitely agree about it being pretty crummy on POI. I think
by chomp 4y ago
Yeah... I'm not sure I agree on 'look around' being a minor feature or a misplaced priority, but I definitely agree about it being pretty crummy on POI. I think part of that is because Apple's POI database is partially Yelp's POI database, whereas Google has its crawlers working to seed its POI db.
Another issue is that business owners immediately think Google and add their new business to Google maps, but not many think about Apple maps. Maybe this might change in the future, but I think Apple will need to add some grease to incentivize that effort.
- toomuchtodo 4y agoI would donate towards an Open POI DB sitting on top of OpenStreetMap, and the ongoing system needed to keep that DB updated (automated emails/sms/postcards/outreach and folks contributing data back from ground truth). This is the equivalent of a phone and location directory, and it should not be locked up by Google (or another commercial vendor for that matter).
- clairity 4y agoit's not that 'look around' is not important and has no priority, but that it's incorrect. if apple had solid POI/place data, then they could work next on improving look around, indoor maps, and 3D models, because that does add value, but not as much as accurate POI data, hence misplaced priorities. yelp is was a smart way to get a jump start on place data, but apple should have spent much more time and effort (and some of it's $100B+ warchest) on getting this to a much more useful place on their own, especially if it really has designs on challenging google in the autonomous car space. as a product manager, i can only shake my head when i see such a basic flubbing.