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Agreed, Apple Maps are pretty much 7-8 years behind Google Maps. Money can't solve their problem. They need to do so much: 1) Build and train huge team to upda
by rorrr 14y ago
Agreed, Apple Maps are pretty much 7-8 years behind Google Maps. Money can't solve their problem. They need to do so much:
1) Build and train huge team to update the maps, stitch imagery, correct mistakes
2) Build tools for that team
3) Either buy the cutting-edge data, license it, or build it themselves. I don't see a point of licensing, since they might as well have used Google Maps.
4) Build the website. A maps app without a web interface is a lot less useful. They are basically sending their desktop users to their competitor.
5) Rebuild the brand. Right now Apple Maps is a joke, it's synonymous with bad directions. Nobody takes it seriously.
- michaelt 14y agoI don't see a point of licensing, since they might as well have used Google Maps. Google only release their map data as slippy map tiles - they don't release the underlying data required to implement turn-by-turn directions. Navteq and Tomtom will let you do essentially anything with their data for the right price.
- czhiddy 14y agoBetter yet, encourage openness by funding/using OpenStreetMaps and strengthening their dataset. Nobody wins if Google/Nokia end up being the only owners of accurate map data.
- mynameisvlad 14y ago1? 2? I'm pretty sure a Maps team does exist, otherwise yknow... We wouldn't have a product. Software doesn't magically appear out of thin air. And data is being updated, so they clearly have both a team and tools to do it. 3 -> It's licensed from TomTom. Why don't you see a point to licensing? That's by far the best way to get cutting edge data. Getting it yourself is going to take years. 4 -> Apple Maps is rumoured to be in the latest 10.9 builds. 5 -> Yeah, dearly needed.