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The funny thing was: my college who has always the newest IPhone told me one day that google maps on his phone wouldn't route him along cycle roads. It was of c
by Krasnol 4y ago
The funny thing was: my college who has always the newest IPhone told me one day that google maps on his phone wouldn't route him along cycle roads. It was of course Apple Maps and it doesn't have cycle routing in my quite big city in Germany (Frankfurt/M).
Well at least I now know how those cyclists get onto the Autobahn because not realising that Apple Maps doesn't have cycle routing, the poor man almost ended up on a highway.
- srg0 4y agoTo be fair, Google Maps’ cycling and walking directions are also very sketchy. I think driving directions are similar or slightly better in Apple Maps. But finding the place where you want to go is where Apple is behind. Misplaced, duplicate, missing POIs is what we learned to expect. Apple needs to find a way to motivate all kinds of businesses to put themselves and their opening hours on their map.
- Krasnol 4y agoGoogle directions are the second best navigation experience I had here in Germany for cycling. Close behind OSM (probably because they take data from OSM without saying so...). Cycle ways are also quite well documented here. It shouldn't be an issue at all. Especially in such a big city. They even use OSM data officially. My guess is: they just don't care because the market is not good enough and most of their customers are happy with car navigation. According to the wiki page [+] they have cycling maps in China which is ridiculous if you consider the bike infrastructure in Germany. It isn't if you consider the market. [+]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Maps https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Maps