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>> Google's Maps platform is very good and HERE, at least in western markets, is not as good. As with Apple Maps, it works, mostly, but the gap is clear and th

>> Google's Maps platform is very good and HERE, at least in western markets, is not as good. As with Apple Maps, it works, mostly, but the gap is clear and there is no roadmap that points to that gap closing. >> Can anyone with some relevant expertise experience comment on this? From a data perspective HERE/Navteq seems as good as if not better than google data in my locale. I wonder if article is referring to the lack of "add-on" feature parity?

freehunter 12y ago
It's been good for me, with the biggest differences (much like Google vs Bing) being just that: differences. It's not worse, it's just slightly different. If the author included some reasons why he thought HERE was worse, maybe it could be properly refuted. As it is, it's just my word against his.
pistle 12y ago
This caused a hangup for me as well. I find HERE to be better than gmaps. shrug I'm not sure which features the author is unfamiliar with or prefers. Accuracy, real-time features (traffic, food/gas, landmarks, speed limits), turn-by-turn, etc. If anything, I find the interactive parts like moving around the map, zooming, etc. to be better in HERE.
alttab 12y ago
I'm not certain what version of Google Maps you've been using, but the last few versions have been absolute shit. Why do they keep changing it? If anything, I feel with each new release Google breaks maps further. Constant re-routing, providing incorrect directions to trails or anything outside city areas, asking me to try out new features while I'm fucking driving and trying to watch the road at the same time. Just awful. I'm willing to try something different simply to punish the Google Maps team which can seem to do nothing but mangle their code base each release.
ZeroGravitas 12y ago
I think the author wanted to play up the difficulty of doing this and saying "and then they licensed the excellent HERE mapping solution from Nokia (which they got when they acquired Navteq)" made it all sound too easy. Similarly: "Without this Google layer you really only have a featurephone". Yes, and without the battery it's basically a shiny brick. Luckily Amazon has been shipping near identical devices, with apps and maps for several years now, so we don't really need to fully explore this fascinating counter-factual.

freehunter 12y ago

It's been good for me, with the biggest differences (much like Google vs Bing) being just that: differences. It's not worse, it's just slightly different. If the author included some reasons why he thought HERE was worse, maybe it could be properly refuted. As it is, it's just my word against his.

pistle 12y ago

This caused a hangup for me as well. I find HERE to be better than gmaps. shrug I'm not sure which features the author is unfamiliar with or prefers. Accuracy, real-time features (traffic, food/gas, landmarks, speed limits), turn-by-turn, etc. If anything, I find the interactive parts like moving around the map, zooming, etc. to be better in HERE.

alttab 12y ago

I'm not certain what version of Google Maps you've been using, but the last few versions have been absolute shit. Why do they keep changing it? If anything, I feel with each new release Google breaks maps further. Constant re-routing, providing incorrect directions to trails or anything outside city areas, asking me to try out new features while I'm fucking driving and trying to watch the road at the same time. Just awful. I'm willing to try something different simply to punish the Google Maps team which can seem to do nothing but mangle their code base each release.

ZeroGravitas 12y ago

I think the author wanted to play up the difficulty of doing this and saying "and then they licensed the excellent HERE mapping solution from Nokia (which they got when they acquired Navteq)" made it all sound too easy. Similarly: "Without this Google layer you really only have a featurephone". Yes, and without the battery it's basically a shiny brick. Luckily Amazon has been shipping near identical devices, with apps and maps for several years now, so we don't really need to fully explore this fascinating counter-factual.