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Man the author did not have to resort to such a click baity title to get people to read. “Why Google Maps can’t map China” would have been accurate and not dro
by dclowd9901 2y ago
Man the author did not have to resort to such a click baity title to get people to read.
“Why Google Maps can’t map China” would have been accurate and not droll.
I just opened Apple Maps and it looks perfectly fine. Tested about 10 areas and even rural areas and there was no issue. Stopped reading immediately after. I have no interest in supporting this crap.
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- xk3 2y ago> there was no issue You should compare with https://m.amap.com/ https://m.amap.com/
- boxed 2y agoThat seems irrelevant. The issue in the article is the mismatch between satellite data and coordinates of points and features. There doesn't seem to be such a mismatch on openstreetmap or apple maps (presumably because apple maps is based on openstreetmap to a large degree). You just don't have to play Chinas game.
- refactor_master 2y agoI tried using Apple Maps in China last year, and while it “looks” just fine, it definitely isn’t. In Guangzhou everything was off by 50-500 meters until it sometimes wasn’t. Completely unreliable compared to a Chinese solution.