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>in a little over a year That's just a made up timeline. They may have been working on a maps replacement for years.

by smackfu 14y ago

bennyg 14y ago
His point is still pretty valid. How long would it take you to develop and roll out the maps application at the quality it is now, for a MVP?
- jonknee 14y ago
  It depends on TomTom's license fee, but with Apple sized pockets probably not as long as you'd think.
- eli 14y ago
  The logic behind creating an MVP doesn't really make sense when the market for the product isn't competitive. Apple didn't offer their mapping solution as an option in the App Store to judge interest; they forced anyone who buys new or upgrades for any reason to use it.
dusing 14y ago
Whatever length of time it is Apple still did it in a fraction of the time Google has been working on its maps. Also maybe I live in a weird place (Minneapolis) but I've been using the new maps since WWDC everyday and honestly have no complaints, the turn by turn is quite good as I just used it non stop in New Orleans.
- kyrra 14y ago
  A fraction of the time? Apple took data from 3rd parties (Yelp, TomTom, and many others) and integrated it all together with their own Maps app. Google has a lot more features than Apple right now, and a large part of their data is sourced from their own works. Streetview gives them good road data. Local gives them all the data that yelp has (and then some). Apple's Maps is probably where goole was with maps back in 2007 or 2008.
  - stephen_g 14y ago
    Are you saying Google doesn't use 3rd party data? Because that would be completely false. Look at the copyright notice in the bottom corner of Google Maps for anywhere outside the US/Canada/UK - around my city the data comes from WhereIs, Sensis, Tele Atlas and GBRMPA as well as Google. Other countries have data from AutoNavi, MapKing, SK M&C, ZENRIN, GISrael, INEGI, and many others.

>in a little over a year That's just a made up timeline. They may have been working on a maps replacement for years.

by smackfu 14y ago

>in a little over a year That's just a made up timeline. They may have been working on a maps replacement for years.

His point is still pretty valid. How long would it take you to develop and roll out the maps application at the quality it is now, for a MVP?

jonknee 14y ago
It depends on TomTom's license fee, but with Apple sized pockets probably not as long as you'd think.
eli 14y ago
The logic behind creating an MVP doesn't really make sense when the market for the product isn't competitive. Apple didn't offer their mapping solution as an option in the App Store to judge interest; they forced anyone who buys new or upgrades for any reason to use it.

dusing 14y ago

Whatever length of time it is Apple still did it in a fraction of the time Google has been working on its maps. Also maybe I live in a weird place (Minneapolis) but I've been using the new maps since WWDC everyday and honestly have no complaints, the turn by turn is quite good as I just used it non stop in New Orleans.

kyrra 14y ago
A fraction of the time? Apple took data from 3rd parties (Yelp, TomTom, and many others) and integrated it all together with their own Maps app. Google has a lot more features than Apple right now, and a large part of their data is sourced from their own works. Streetview gives them good road data. Local gives them all the data that yelp has (and then some). Apple's Maps is probably where goole was with maps back in 2007 or 2008.
- stephen_g 14y ago
  Are you saying Google doesn't use 3rd party data? Because that would be completely false. Look at the copyright notice in the bottom corner of Google Maps for anywhere outside the US/Canada/UK - around my city the data comes from WhereIs, Sensis, Tele Atlas and GBRMPA as well as Google. Other countries have data from AutoNavi, MapKing, SK M&C, ZENRIN, GISrael, INEGI, and many others.