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The biggest issue here in NZ seems to be that the POI data is horrible. I'm in Auckland, the largest city in NZ, and searched for Britomart, the main transport
by jordanthoms 14y ago
The biggest issue here in NZ seems to be that the POI data is horrible. I'm in Auckland, the largest city in NZ, and searched for Britomart, the main transport hub with a large train and bus station, and Apple maps had no results.
That may be an anecdote, but that single data point is enough to make Apple maps utterly useless for Auckland.
Also, I don't agree with the assertion that Apple maps won't return far-fetched results. I searched for "PB Tech", a technology shop chain, and it took me to Mexico.
- taligent 14y agoApple relies a lot on Yelp for POI data which obviously isn't in NZ right now. But I believe they will be there soon as they just launched in Australia and bought the NZ domain name. Yelp's strategy has been to partner with the local YellowPages equivalent. So what you will see is a jump from bad data now to almost perfect data overnight.
- untog 14y agoHa. Yelp just bought a .co.nz domain name, therefore we're going to see an increase in data quality overnight? I admire your optimism. Why wasn't this present at launch?