I've been using Maps for many months as part of the developer program. They are not "terrible" but they are significantly worse than Google Maps. Let me count

I've been using Maps for many months as part of the developer program. They are not "terrible" but they are significantly worse than Google Maps. Let me count the ways: 1) "International" support is actually terrible. Whereas Google Maps has just about every road in Bastia (Corsica, France) accurately labeled, Apple Maps had almost none. 2) Search is not as reliable and sometimes comes up with obscure unrelated responses. 3) Several times I've been lead to the wrong spot in remote areas, either because of inaccurate addressing or slightly off road maps. 4) Public transit is not built in. I've pretty much stopped taking the bus. Hopefully third party providers will fill this gap. This is a great article on why Apple will have a hard time competing with Google Maps: http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/09/how-go.. http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/09/how-go.... Unfortunately, Google Maps on iPhone Safari is barely usable. On the plus side, Siri integration with spoken turn-by-turn directions is a huge improvement, and the lock screen has a nice heads-up nav display. Yelp integration is also a nice touch.