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It "works" well, albeit the data it is working with is flawed (depending on where you live).

• mikeash 13y ago
  Right, functionality is just fine, it's the underlying data that's lacking. If one is going to include map data as part of "design", then it seems that there's nothing that "design" doesn't cover, at which point it becomes a meaningless word.
  • danenania 13y ago
    Design covers the full experience of a product. If the data isn't up to snuff then it's poor design to rely on that data for key functionality.
    • mikeash 13y ago
      Is there anything that isn't "design", then? Does it then mean anything?
      • emp_zealoth 13y ago
        Not really. But I'd say that it has been ripped off any semblance of sanity by Apple and such. I came to know it's meaning as made cleverly to work just as needed/expected, not "OH SHINY, but a bit lacking in usability here and there, still, SHINY"
  • snogglethorpe 13y ago
    I dunno, one thing I notice about Apple maps is that although it's very pretty, it feels sooooo much less functional, and less "integrated" than Google maps. Google maps seems to just have everything you want there, lightweight and easily available, whereas Apple maps is basically just ... a map. It's true that Apple maps also has problems with poor-quality underlying map/search/image data, but that's by no means its only issue.