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Apple Maps Gradually Winning over Google Maps Users, Report Suggests
- SwiftyBug 3y agoApple Maps is infinitely superior to Google Maps to get walking directions. It's very easy to understand where I'm looking at on the map.
- nicolas_t 3y agoWhere are you based? My experience so far is that Apple Maps is not very good outside of the US
- SwiftyBug 3y agoI'm in Europe. Apple Maps have served me very well in my country as well as in a few other European countries I've visited.
- codemiscreant 3y agoApple Maps is fantastic in Canada, or at least the Toronto area. Even in cottage country hours from urbanity has excellent directions and 3d buildings and structures.
- stmpjmpr 3y agoI'm currently visiting Poland and Estonia, and have been using Apple Maps to walk from place-to-place. It's been working well for me—I have yet to get lost using it, and it seems to be giving me good directions.
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- fhk 3y agoMmm battery life, but always verify destination locations with Goog
- sithadmin 3y agoEverything about walking directions from Apple maps (directions on lock screen; Apple Watch integrations) is better, UX wise. The problem is, despite admittedly massive improvements, I still have issues with it containing stale location data, incorrect POI classification information (e.g. convenience store without gas pumps marked as a 'gas station'), and suggesting paths that don't exist or simply aren't tenable (no, Apple, I am not going to talk a walking shortcut through the middle of an Italian military facility).
- DHPersonal 3y agoWhile I don't like the feeling of being exploited through unpaid/volunteer labor to improve the app, I do know that most or all of your issues can be resolved by reporting errors through the app. Business data can be changed by users pending a review by Apple, and routes can be reported with a thumbs down/up response upon resolution of the trip. The walk through a military facility is a little harder to report, though. :)
- sithadmin 3y agoI always submit reports when something is wrong on Apple Maps, same as I do with Google Maps. I think the public service aspect of it outweighs the 'free labor' aspect.
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- starbugs 3y agoIn my experience, the following things are notably better in Apple Maps vs. Google Maps: * No dangerous shortcuts where I risk to damage my car * Routes make much more sense in general and are nearer to what someone who knows their way around locally would suggest * Voice instructions are clearer, easier to understand and timed better * Walking directions are easier to understand * The UI is less annoying. In Google Maps, I find it quite easy to miss the compass button when walking, which causes the map view to freak out and makes me lose context. What's better in Google Maps: * Better metadata about shops, locations, crowdedness etc. What both cannot do right: * Re-route when an Autobahn is closed completely (I am located in Germany). It's a hot mess for some reason, while that's working relatively fine when there are accidents/congestions. Finally, as an iPhone user, my location data is already at Apple. Why give it to someone else?
- ajross 3y ago> * No dangerous shortcuts where I risk to damage my car Can you elaborate on this? This seems like a personal anecdote and not a software feature. How does one even define that? You're saying that there are special roads that Apple knows not to travel bug Google does? That seems odd, since the real world doesn't really mark its roads like that.
- veltas 3y agoI know in Waze at least there is an option to enable tricky junctions, I don't think Google Maps has any such concept.
- xattt 3y agoGoogle will assume all tertiary roads are equally passable. Apple’s algorithm appears to deprioritize such roads unless there’s no other possible way.
- starbugs 3y ago> This seems like a personal anecdote and not a software feature. It might be. > How does one even define that? One example would be a road that is very narrow, but not one-way. Basically so narrow that only one car can drive there. Where I live, there are many such roads on the country side. They tend to be used as shortcuts so that one doesn't need to take the main roads (shorter total distance). But they are dangerous in the sense that you have to pay much more attention when driving there. Google just tends to prefer those for some reason. > You're saying that there are special roads that Apple knows not to travel bug Google does? No. I am saying that the directions suggested by Apple Maps tend to avoid those roads, while Google Maps oftentimes doesn't even display an alternative. > That seems odd, since the real world doesn't really mark its roads like that. Ever driven on a gravel road slowly to not get stones hitting your car? I am sure there is a way to index the road quality and that this is even easy based on satellite and air photo data.
- mrtksn 3y agoGoogle Maps is yet another decaying Google product, unfortunately. However it has a moat that is hard to overtake: Business information. Apple Maps is a superior experience as long as you can find the business(shop, restaurant etc) but unfortunately it's still far from matching Google at this. It's even annoying me on Bing. I've switched to Bing and I'm pretty happy so far but when I search for a shop or something, that's when Google still has the edge thanks to vast the business info on Google Maps which would be displayed in a Google Search result.
- hospitalJail 3y agoHate that Google defaults to the 'eco' route that takes a few minutes longer. Otherwise my initial experience with Apple maps was so bad that I havent tried it since. It basically would wait until the last possible moment to tell me to turn, not exactly possible going 45mph.
- frantathefranta 3y agoAre you sure your car isn't set to hybrid or EV in the maps settings? I think it defaults to eco if that's the case.
- mrtksn 3y agoWhat I hate about Google routing is that it would change the pre-agreed one to save time. I'm not always watching the map screen so I would miss out the "dismiss" button and I will end up on a surprise route which is supposed to be quicker but ends up to be too involved because I have to drive through strange places that require active chauffeuring and there's a reason(potholes, kids playing on the streets, steep hills, narrow roads with parked cars that barely let you pass etc.) why it's not everyones default choice of route. IMHO Apple Maps is much better on this, it even list the "less turns" option, so I can just chill on a straight line or follow the curves instead of trying to enter and exit intersections every few minutes. Also, the road connection graphics are much clearer on Apple Maps.
- ecf 3y agoFor me, Apple Maps replaced Google Maps, and Google Maps then replaced Yelp/Foursquare/etc. Apple does a better job of getting me where I want to go and Google does a better job of letting me know what’s around when I get there.
- hbn 3y agoI still can't help but always reach for Google Maps by default because it just seems most likely they'd have the most up to date traffic information from all the Android users they're constantly tracking. I don't think Apple really has access to that data? I live in a smaller city in Canada so I just don't know how Apple would figure out when there's construction or roads blocked off to route me around those things. Google Maps seems to get it done cause of all the live user tracking they do.
- presbyterian 3y agoI'm a professional driver (high school bus, so a lot of longer-distance sports trips and stuff), and I swear by Apple Maps for up-to-date traffic info. Google Maps has given me under construction exits, backed up freeways, and just plain inefficient routes too many times for me to rely on it anymore. Sometimes I'll bring it up just because the satellite imagery is newer and I want to see they layout of a parking lot or something, but otherwise it's all Apple Maps.
- hbn 3y agoAre you in a big city?
- presbyterian 3y agoKinda? I'm in a rural area outside of Phoenix, but I travel around the entire state for trips
- barkerja 3y agoI'm in a rural area and find Apple Maps is generally always consistent with the real life conditions when it comes to traffic and road closures. iOS devices report the flow of traffic, they just do it in an anonymized way. I'm also seeing more and more user-reported events (the Waze-like feature now built into Apple Maps). Reporting things like speed checks, accidents, etc.
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- mantra2 3y agoAt some point I just didn’t download Google Maps on a clean install and it was fine, never felt a reason to go back. Now when I look at it on other devices it seems over complicated to me.
- revicon 3y agoThe macrumors link is an article about an article which feels like a waste. Here's the WSJ article macrumors is "reporting" on... People Have Begun to Love Apple’s Most Hated Product https://archive.is/9FkNS https://archive.is/9FkNS
- leonhard 3y agoApple Maps is also the only app that shows the exact entrance and exit to take on public transport in the cities I’ve used it in (Vienna, London: esp. time-saving there with often exits numbered 1–5 without clear indication where they lead to), and the station layout with underground walkways overlayed on the map is also very accurate. The only annoying UX gripe I have is that it doesn’t show the arrival time, you have to do your own mental math to add the route duration to the start time you’ve entered.
- victor106 3y agoI was a little hesitant to switch to Apple Maps but after I did, I cannot go back to using Google Maps. Everything from the UX to the clarity indicating street names is far superior on Apple Maps. One thing I always hater about Google Maps is that it doesn’t show you street names when you need them. I was in NYC a while back and I wanted to see the street name and I had to do lot of scrolling to find it. I also wish Apple has better metadata about businesses, sometimes it shows a restaurant as closed when it’s actually open or vice versa. Overall I am glad i switched to Apple Maps
- m2fkxy 3y agoGoogle Maps does feature particularly terrible [carto]graphic design... never understood why they got away so long with such poor feature colour, contrast, and placenames appearance logic.
- CrampusDestrus 3y agoYou can also contribute to Apple Maps. Be the change you want to see
- carlosjobim 3y agoYou can't easily contribute to Apple Maps or add places. That's why Google Maps has much more content. Many people would love to contribute to Apple Maps, but aren't allowed. On the other hand, these are the two wealthiest companies in all of human history. Why can't they hire people all over the world to improve their maps?
- CrampusDestrus 3y ago>You can't easily contribute to Apple Maps or add places yes you can, you simply select an item on the map and report a problem. also they already hire third party agencies to add data to the map
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- DHPersonal 3y agoI like Apple Maps over Google Maps for many reasons, but the primary is potentially also the silliest: while driving, the "you" icon is smaller and its location timing is different than Google, making turn-by-turn directions far easier to understand in an area I've never seen before. When I'm trying to see if it's the next street or the street afterward that I'm going to have to reach, the little bit of timing difference that Apple Maps has is incredibly important. Apple Maps lets me look at the map and then at the road and get a good indication of where I'm to turn, whereas my experience with Google Maps has me looking at the map and then realizing that I've already passed the road.
- vladvasiliu 3y ago> Apple Maps lets me look at the map and then at the road and get a good indication of where I'm to turn, whereas my experience with Google Maps has me looking at the map and then realizing that I've already passed the road. That's interesting. Last I tried Apple Maps a year or two ago, it was the reverse. The indicator in Apple maps tended to "lag" a bit, especially in roundabouts (I'm in Europe). With GMaps, it would always be quite clear where exactly I was with respect to exits. Also, on a turn, the Apple Maps indicator would turn on the map, so again, in a sharp turn, or a roundabout, I wouldn't see much of the road ahead. GMaps would turn the map and keep me facing north, so I could see what to expect further ahead.
- DHPersonal 3y agoYou and I may be having the same UI experience but coming to different conclusions on the benefits. I can't recall at the moment if Apple Maps has a lag or if it's actually presenting the location dot ahead of its real location, but the timing is beneficial to me for turn-by-turn directions. I regularly find that Google Maps' UI makes me think I have more time to turn to the street where I need to go than reality, meaning I regularly miss my turn and have to double back to get to my location, where Apple Maps feels more in tune with my driving methods.
- codyb 3y agoI haven't used Google for much of anything in my personal life for years now. I have an email on gmail that I check sometimes but it's mostly just spam at this point. Beyond that Maps and DuckDuckGo are fine. Plus iCloud I guess. I don't really have a lot of need to share documents or spread sheets. Maps has definitely gotten better over the years. Their bike instructions aren't great though.
- xattt 3y agoMy gripe is that neither platform supports dynamic routing based on ferry times. I live on Prince Edward Island which has a bridge and a ferry connection to the mainland. Halifax is the nearest city centre with an IKEA, a well-known shibboleth of sophistication. ;) Getting there by ferry (3 h) is slightly faster than driving (3.5 - 4 h) but only if you get the ferry times right. Otherwise, you’ll spend as much time waiting for the next crossing as you will driving. I would love for Apple to innovate and solve this once and for all!
- etimberg 3y agoI recently switched to apple maps. The biggest reason for me is that the audible directions are a lot more useful. Instead of "turn left in 200 meters" I get something like "At the next light, turn left". That reduces the cognitive load immensely and i find i'm not trying to look at the map as much
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- NoMoreNicksLeft 3y agoApple Maps seems like it will fail at what I find most important, however. Does it try to upsell me unrelated products when all I want is plain instructions to an address or location? Does it misinterpret accidental finger touches as some mid-route change-of-mind and irretrievably lose my instructions to get there? Maybe I didn't know it years ago, but these are what Google has grown to realize I can't live without.
- extheat 3y agoAlthough Apple Maps is way more fluid to use, it's is missing so much local detail in so many places, I find myself often having to switch back and forth between Apple Maps and Google Maps just to make sure I'm not missing stuff on the map. At which point you may as well just not use Apple Maps outside of the biggest cities in the US.
- smiley1437 3y agoMy wife uses google maps in her car and lately the routing is strange - like making 3 right turns when there is a protected advance green for left turns. Apple maps just showed turn left. Sure, I know that sometimes 3 rights is better than one left but it didn't happen just once, it was multiple times. Apple Maps has come a long way since its initial (disastrous) launch (so bad it was a gag on 'Silicon Valley')
- iso1631 3y agoI switched to apple maps for carplay. Back in those days on google it was like 3 small button presses to switch voice navigation on and off requiring you to look at the screen. With apple it was hit the big black box, easy with peripheral vision Apple broke that feature but inertia means I haven't changed.
- josteink 3y agoI use both. Google maps is a superior lookup tool. I use this to get the address and location of where I want to go. Apple Maps is superior for navigation when you already have the address, especially if you have an Apple Watch. I also use OpenStreetMaps as a third, offline option. IMO all three of them have their uses. I live in Europe (Norway) for what’s it’s worth.
- ricardojoaoreis 3y agoI haven't had Google Maps installed on my phone for at least 4 years now. In the beginning using Apple Maps was an exercise in frustration at times but nowadays it's better than Google Maps in a lot of scenarios. Annecdoctaly we if we were driving somewhere sometimes I had to unplug my phone to get Google Maps directions on Car Play but lately it's actually the opposite. POI, restaurant reviews etc are still miles better in Google, but using the web version is enough for those.
- Scubabear68 3y agoI had to finally give up on Google Maps in my car because after 15 minutes or so into a route, Google maps would start to lag reality by about 20 seconds. It got very difficult to actually use to drive a route. I thought it was poor GPS signal, my head unit’s slowness with Carplay, etc. Finally I tried Apple Maps out of desperation and it just worked. As a bonus, it is better at giving useful driving directions. It will say things like “the right at the second stop sign”, which is a great signal to use to a driver. I do occasionally use Google maps for finding businesses, but that’s it. Location - NJ, USA. Car - Kia Telluride with CarPlay.
- bobbobarker 3y agoI'm a fan of the Apple Maps UI over Google and they have some really nice features like the 3D view. However, the one problem I have with Apple Maps is that their satellite imagery is often times out of date compared to Google. This doesn't matter as much for getting directions, but I enjoy looking around on satellite view to find hidden beaches or get to know my surroundings better than a street map can offer.
- m2fkxy 3y agouse a nice topographic map :)
- angst_ridden 3y agoWhen it comes to Apple Maps versus Waze, Apple Maps tend to be more realistic about arrival times, too.
- dagmx 3y agoAnecdotal but recently my partner and I were driving in an unfamiliar place. We tried google maps on the way there and Apple Maps on the way back. I expected Apple Maps to be worse but here’s what stood out to me: 1. Apple does a better job at showing vertical height. So when tons of routes go over and under each other, the map is much clearer about it whereas Google maps requires you to look for the thin breakup line. 2. Apple directions are more human friendly. Things like “take a right at the next light” instead of “take a right at XYZ street”. Also telling you to skip an exit and take the next one. It’s minor but that’s how most drivers I know prefer to be given directions. 3. When we’re walking, it does a better job at showing where the crosswalks are. 4. It did a better job at telling you which lane to be in if you needed to make a right and then a left. Google maps seemed to only care about the immediate next step whereas Apple cared about some distance. 5. Vibrating your watch when an action is coming up is great. On the way there, my partner missed a couple turns on Google Maps because they were hyper focused on the road, whereas that little watch nudge helped on the way back with Apple Maps. 6. Last one is purely subjective, but aesthetically Apple Maps is much nicer to my eyes. Things are better delineated and information is presented a little bit clearer. That said, whereas I think Apple Maps is better for navigating, Google maps is much better for up to date information about an area. I presume that has to be just down to more users correcting things , but things like “this store is shut today unexpectedly” is much better reflected.
- DHPersonal 3y agoGoogle Maps is much better at encouraging and rewarding user interaction. Google Maps has gamification and rewards for updating store and road information, while Apple Maps treats it a bit more like a bug report.
- dagmx 3y agoYeah that’s true. Google built a community around Google Maps and Google Reviews.
- OGWhales 3y ago> if you needed to make a right and then a left. Google maps seemed to only care about the immediate next step whereas Apple cared about some distance. Something I really enjoy about Google Maps is being able to swipe to see the next move, which is not possible on Apple Maps. This is helpful in exactly the scenario you describe. On the same note, I can think of many times where Apple Maps did not tell me the next move like you describe and I had no way to check it myself like I can with google maps. This is one of my biggest gripes with Apple Maps. Similarly, this feature is not possible when using Google Maps with Apple CarPlay which is very annoying.
- thrwwy95fab9d1 3y agoApple Maps still feels like a half baked product the multiple times I’ve tried to use it. Businesses in the wrong locations, lack of details for transit options, and a clunky UI that makes my iPhone feel like it’s running on a Dorito… I wish Apple would allow third party apps to have access to things like directions without unlocking the phone.
- karaterobot 3y agoAnecdotally, I avoided using GPS navigation whatsoever until a couple years ago. So, I feel I had no investment in either one. I tried them both on a cross country trip, and Apple Maps was hands down better than Google Maps.
- jmbwell 3y agoApple Maps first caught my interest with its walking directions, which are great (in major cities at least, which is where it’s most useful anyway). I started using it more for public transit and driving directions as well, and now that it -ahem- lets me mark police activity on the highways, I don’t really have any reason to use Waze anymore. I recently took a road trip through the southwest US, a mix of freeways and tiny streets in tiny towns, and I’m not sure I ever flipped to Waze or Google Maps. I’ve been cautiously using Apple Maps primarily for the last 3-4 years now. It has come a long way. I think I might be done with Google for navigation.
- coder543 3y agoOne of my top feature requests for Apple Maps would be a way to import all of my bookmarks from Google Maps. I can export them from Google with Takeout, I believe, but there’s no way to do get them into Apple Maps except to manually save hundreds of locations. Since I don’t want to split my bookmarks, that means I’m stuck continuing to use Google Maps, and continuing to add more bookmarks to Google Maps. But, I do enjoy using Apple Maps for bicycle navigation.
- carlosjobim 3y agoGoogle Maps is by far the strongest consumer product the company has to offer, and one of the most important online services, if not the most important online service of all. Google Maps was the reason I bought a smart phone. It is a revolutionary service, not only for navigation, but much more for finding restaurant and hotels, reviews and opening hours. With that said, the interface is awful and laggy on all devices, and keeps changing. Apple are total morons for not allowing crowd source of information on their maps. Business owners usually don't put their stuff there, and they think Instagram is a much better use of their time than having their adress and opening hours on Apple Maps.
- barkerja 3y ago> Apple are total morons for not allowing crowd source of information on their maps. This leads to false information and scams. There's a huge issue right now with Google Maps and airports; scammers update the phone numbers for airlines, attempting to scam users out of money. Apple does provide business connect for business owners to manage their data on Apple Maps. It's slowly being used more and more by businesses. https://businessconnect.apple.com https://businessconnect.apple.com
- carlosjobim 3y ago> This leads to false information and scams. That's a very very minor issue, compared to the amount of true data on Google Maps. Computers in general, as well as the printing press or pen and paper, have the same problem. Should those technologies be limited? From what I see, Apple launched their Business Connect this year, just about 10 years too late. And it's a very dysfunctional platform to boot. We have to be honest and admit that Google Maps is superior. I wish Apple or anybody could compete, but they can't.
- jahnu 3y agoSadly no cycling directions for my city. Despite their size Apple aren’t great at supporting smaller countries. Even when there seems to be no good reason. No AQI data for many if not most countries, for example.
- meatjuice 3y agoApple Maps is lightweight and confortable scrolling. Only thing that is missing is the rating/reviewing system. While Google Maps have great amount of users who review stores and facilities, Apple Maps doesn't. It does integrate with TripAdvisors and some other services though, it's not confortable as Google Maps.
- commiepatrol 3y agoPersonal experience, with Apple maps I almost never make the wrong turn or miss a turn but with Google maps it happens quite often. The way Google maps zooms in or doesn’t zoom in I always feel like I’m further from the turn than I really am. On the other hand, when driving somewhere in the boonies G maps tends to be a lot more accurate.
- dilDDoS 3y agoI really appreciate the voice directions given by Apple Maps when navigating. Instructions such as “go past this light, then at the next one turn right” are so much more helpful than Google’s “in 1000 ft, turn right”.
- meling 3y ago“Forced” to use Google Maps in the car because it’s on the big screen, and recently I’ve been disappointed by how bad it is at navigation in the Bay area, taking me down pothole and slow streets with lots of turns. Even taking me to crossings without traffic lights making it difficult and slower to cross when traffic is heavy. And then as others have already explained, there are virtually no street names on the map (no matter how much you zoom), so it is very difficult to find the street I want to drive on. Or maybe that’s Tesla’s fault. Not sure. One minor gripe I have with Apple Maps is that it doesn’t show my favorite locations in a quick and easy pickable ux… so I end up having to search for “home”.
- dagmx 3y agoImportantly, Tesla’s maps is not Google Maps. It’s powered by it sort of as a data provider but it does its own rendering, map management and some routing adjustments. It’s actually one reason why I wish Tesla had CarPlay because even though their maps is okay, it’s quite far behind the first party Apple or Google Maps implementation .
- exabrial 3y agoI use Apple maps because I'm tired of Google's bullshit, not because Apple Maps is a better product. * Google just "has to have" _Web And Search History_ enabled to enable some features. Really? How did we possibly exist before this? * I'm tired of typing in stuff into Google Maps and seeing ads across the entire fucking internet for bass fishing of I time bass (as in guitar) into Google Maps * There is no reason I should have to "sign into" a mapping product or even have a fucking account. When I sign out, all the sudden somehow I'm signed out of google in my browser. What in the actual fuck? What are these cross-app attacks even a thing? Apple maps leaves a lot to be desired but it's worth the hassle to get around Google. Its the same reason I own an iPhone... Android phones are superior in hardware, durability, speed, picture quality, interoperability, but you can break Google's creepy addiction to your gazing up your buttox for anything personal.
- xethos 3y ago> Android phones are superior in hardware At least regarding choice in hardware. I'm tapping this out from the last BlackBerry handset ever produced (albeit by a third party), and I can hang on to it indefinitely because I can replace the parts as they break. The hardware isn't gated to what the OEM allows. For maps, OSM works well enough. And when I find a place I want to go that's not mapped, Google Maps in a mobile browser works just fine - no account or app needed. Hell, at least one time (visiting in Germany) OSM had the correct opening hours for a shop that Google Maps had wrong. Google is not all-knowing, or even required for modern life.
- bediger4000 3y agoIs it my imagination or is Google Maps app the single flakiest android app? Some piece of it tends to freeze, parts keep working. It regularly decides not to do voice directions for a few minutes after starting. Touching the screen anywhere causes unintuitive things to happen. Like around the edges of the screen, where no UI design would ever put anything.
- idlephysicist 3y agoOne thing that I love about Apple Maps apart from getting directions in an Irish accent, is that it gives directions like a normal person. As an example "go through these lights and at the next set turn left" rather than "in 600m turn left". It is a night and day difference.
- xamuel 3y agoApple Maps is great, one thing they could improve though (on iPhone) would be to nail down the location of the input boxes. Currently they jump around when content finishes loading, which often leads to the user pressing the wrong button. Google Maps when you're driving in Brooklyn: Instead of "Take a right on Avenue Q", it'll say something like: "Take a right on Thomas L. Jefferson Remembrance Honorary Memorial Boulevard Avenue Q"
- bigtex 3y agoCan you report police speed traps on Apple Maps? If so, I may have to move away from Waze.
- theshrike79 3y agoGoogle Maps a) uses the wrong source language for street names, preferring the minority language over the majority b) butchers the street names pronunciation so badly I don't have clue what it's saying 80% of the time For me Apple Maps is the clear winner, just because I like to have my phone in english - doing voice commands in my native language feels silly and is more error prone. Additionally Apple Maps UI and voice is clearer on when to swap lanes, which is a life-saver in busy intersections where you haven't been before. As a hack I use the Irish english voice for Siri, it pronounces street names correctly about 95% of the time and the rest is still legible.
- boesboes 3y agoIt was the endless login popups and constant rerouting when in traffic that did it for me. Google maps just suck because, first of all, it is a Google product meant to harvest data and trick people into making accounts if you ask me..
- jtian 3y agoTraffic light indication in Apple Maps is a good solution in many ways, and you can't miss the instruction "at the light." Meanwhile, Google Maps does have a tiny traffic light indication that barely does anything but gets the UI even messier.
- pwpw 3y agoI found HERE WeGo maps the best of the bunch when traveling in Albania and Greece. Particularly for offline maps. Apple Maps lacked enough detail to be usable and Google Maps frequently insisted on taking narrow alleyways designed for humans that the car could not fit in. I’ve become a big fan.
- joeman1000 3y agoAs someone in the geocomputation space, the road and intersection detail in the map tiles is super impressive. I wonder how they did it. They’ve got seemingly perfect vector-graphics representation of all road features: lines, islands, medians, slip lanes… very impressive. I exclusively use Apple Maps, but the location sharing feature is better in Waze. Waze also generally has more people reporting police locations.