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The original iPhone Maps app was only a client. It relied on Google's servers for its data, which already had years of polishing. The iOS 6 Maps app is an exce
by oofabz 14y ago
The original iPhone Maps app was only a client. It relied on Google's servers for its data, which already had years of polishing.
The iOS 6 Maps app is an excellent client. Its only problem is with the data it fetches from Apple. Their maps data is very new and rather less polished.
It is silly to compare the two. Building a worldwide database of map data is orders of magnitude more difficult than writing an iPhone app.
Edit: This comment was a response to OP's headline, which was "Apple built original Maps app in three weeks". He has since changed the headline.
- muppetman 14y agoThe problem is, my mum doesn't know that. She just knows she had maps that worked well, now has maps that don't work very well. And there's evidently enough people comparing the two that the Apple CEO has had to write a public apology.