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Why would GMaps degrade in quality? Apple's might improve but Google's are on Android devices, and they have another key data source in StreetView.
by capo 14y ago
Why would GMaps degrade in quality? Apple's might improve but Google's are on Android devices, and they have another key data source in StreetView.
- baddox 14y agoAs map data changes over time (road construction, POI movement, etc.), Google Maps could fall out of date. Of course, I doubt that's a major threat, since Google will presumably still be the primary maps platform on Android and the desktop web.
- ktsmith 14y agoHow is Google's data going to fall out of date? There are millions of activated android devices providing them data.
- lftl 14y agoI think Gruber was postulating that Apple would continue updating the app to take advantage of iOS in deeper ways while Google wouldn't put the same level of effort into the iOS version of the app, making it stagnate. So more of degrading of the iOS experience than anything related to map data.
- brown9-2 14y agoHe wrote "Google’s maps are going to start degrading", not that their app would degrade. He seems to imply that with less iOS users, they'd get less corrections - which ignores the large userbase of Google Maps on other platforms (Android, web).
- qq66 14y agoThe ability to take passive GPS readings and integrate with other parts of iOS is pretty powerful. Imagine if you had a reminder to "Buy new guitar strings" -- your phone could beep and say "You're just around the corner from a musical instrument store -- would you like to get those strings?" Of course, Apple could also decide whether or not to charge the instrument store for this lead generation.
- danielweber 14y agoAnd Google's self-driving cars. It's not going to generate much data in the next few years, but the two products each add a lot of value to the other. It's easy to believe that Apple's maps will improve, but thinking that Google's will stagnate? Bah.
- zarify 14y agoWell, given Google's past history with iOS apps, they might just release a shit app. Your data is only as good as your interface to it.