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Things like Apple Maps are a special case, where improvement is driven by public exposure. Yes, Apple’s maps were full of errors upon initial release, but impro
by simondotau 4y ago
Things like Apple Maps are a special case, where improvement is driven by public exposure. Yes, Apple’s maps were full of errors upon initial release, but improvement was fairly rapid (albeit entirely opaque, unlike a typical open source project).
Today, I find that while Waze does the best driving navigation and Google Maps is unbeatable as a modern yellow pages, Apple Maps is equal to or superior in nearly every other way. It’s walking and public transport modes are, in my experience, consistently superior to anything else.
- shaunsingh0207 4y agoEspecially over the last few years around most of the east coast, for me Apple Maps has become far better than google maps for everything, except reviews. Especially for biking and public transport as you said.
- simondotau 4y agoAlmost-always-correct store open hours are the killer app for me with Google Maps. I also love the way Street View can show you historical vision. I find the reviews in Google Maps to be (like Yelp, TripAdvisor etc) to be thoroughly useless. Tourism-driven companies are loaded up with manipulated reviews; cafes and restaurants get ratings that often bear no resemblance to reality. The sad fact is, even where reviews are genuine, the people who leave reviews on a mainstream site like Google Maps are not a representative sampling.