Apple Maps took around 80 percent of Google Maps' iOS traffic in one year

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  • Reply 21 of 223
    I love a lot of things about Apple Maps, but I have to admit I've regretted relying on it a few times for directions. It's terrible with abbreviations like "nyc" and it frequently fails to locate common businesses.
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  • Reply 22 of 223
    jungmarkjungmark Posts: 6,928member
    Of course, Android users know how to change the Map ID string from Google. /s
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  • Reply 23 of 223
    muppetrymuppetry Posts: 3,331member
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    I'm not surprised by this result in the US market, but it would be interesting to know how it looks elsewhere. I am curious exactly how these data were derived though, and what the estimated error might be.




    Probably more to do with Apple Maps being the default. Besides "geek customizers" I doubt a high number of iPhone/iPad users change over to something replacing what their device came pre-installed with.

     

    That may be so but if, as appears to be the case, Apple's maps are less accurate and comprehensive in other parts of the world, it would be interesting to know how much that affects user choice. I would expect that it does have some effect, at least with some users.  If not, and user choice is generally either the default for the device except in the case of pre-existing preference that is uncorrelated with functionality, then that itself would be interesting. Disappointing, but interesting.

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  • Reply 24 of 223
    I believe this status of 80% use Apple maps, because 80% of the people use iPads and iPhones
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    hill60hill60 Posts: 6,992member
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    I'll start using Apple Maps when they figure out the old Bay Bridge from Oakland to Yerba Buena hasn't been in use for quite some time now.

     

    Why would you need any GPS at all, on a route you obviously know?

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  • Reply 26 of 223
    jfc1138jfc1138 Posts: 3,090member

    I like Apple Maps, the 3D flyover images are actually informative at times. The feature of the Notifications Center having a mention of how long it will take me to get to work or home with a tap bringing up Apple Maps with alternate routes and current transit times is useful, albeit just this tad creepy...:)

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  • Reply 27 of 223
    gatorguygatorguy Posts: 24,769member
    muppetry wrote: »
    That may be so but if, as appears to be the case, Apple's maps are less accurate and comprehensive in other parts of the world, it would be interesting to know how much that affects user choice. I would expect that it does have some effect, at least with some users.  If not, and user choice is generally either the default for the device except in the case of pre-existing preference that is uncorrelated with functionality, then that itself would be interesting. Disappointing, but interesting.

    A couple years old now, but a 2011 study found that only 5% of desktop users bothered to change any defaults. In my personal opinion I don't think mobile users are all that different. For most the assumption would be that things came set as they are for a reason. To paraphrase the article "(Apple) must know what they're doing" so nothing should be changed. That's why iAds and location-mining are on by default.
    http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/2011/09/14/do-users-change-their-settings/
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  • Reply 28 of 223

    Are they still adding 3D flyover to more US cities? I haven't heard much about that lately (last city I think was Paris). When it rolled out I figured they would have maybe 100 or so US cities by now.

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  • Reply 29 of 223
    jfc1138jfc1138 Posts: 3,090member
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    Why would you need any GPS at all, on a route you obviously know?


    Getting audio and/or advance notice of traffic issues ahead in time to plan an alternate route has it's benefits. A lot of commuting is probably like mine: over the same route(s) but dependent on traffic for the specific choice, when something is all red I make a change…

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  • Reply 30 of 223
    If Sergey Brin/Google didn't screw Apple then iOS would still come with Google Maps and other Google apps. Since that is not the case Apple Maps will come into its own eventually :)
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  • Reply 31 of 223
    tjduffy wrote: »
    I believe this status of 80% use Apple maps, because 80% of the people use iPads and iPhones

    Wouldn't that be 100% then, since Apple Maps is only on iOS devices?
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  • Reply 32 of 223
    I mostly use google maps, but two things irritate me enough to occasionally use iOS maps: I hate being asked to sign into a google account whenever gMaps loads (I don't have one, I'm not making one just to end the harassment) and I dont understand why they removed the ability to manually drag you route to modify it on the fly. Say I want to take such and such highway instead of the other highway, but everything else is the same. iOS maps let's you do that, gMaps used to, but they removed it with an update back in the summer. Why? I hate when designers change things just to change them.
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  • Reply 33 of 223
    slurpyslurpy Posts: 5,398member
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    Do you think Apple would be trying to integrate their own profitable services to replace Google ones anyway no matter what Google did or didn't do? Apple has a history of creating their own baked-in features to replace popular 3rd party ones, not that there's anything surprising about that. IMO Apple would be replacing Google services anyway as they saw opportunities for more profit, just perhaps not as quickly as they recently have.

     

    It's not really about profit. It's about controlling the experience, being masters of their own fate, and not relying on their biggest competitor for one of their most important apps. Now that Apple has maps in house, the possibilities of how they can extend and expand it within its own ecosystem are endless. If they stayed with Google, there would have so many political, and technical obstacles to doing what they really wanted to do and having deep integration with their own services. They had no choice.  

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  • Reply 34 of 223
    gatorguygatorguy Posts: 24,769member
    slurpy wrote: »
    It's not really about profit. It's about controlling the experience, being masters of their own fate, and not relying on their biggest competitor for one of their most important apps. Now that Apple has maps in house, the possibilities of how they can extend and expand it within its own ecosystem are endless. If they stayed with Google, there would have so many political, and technical obstacles to doing what they really wanted to do and having deep integration with their own services. They had no choice.  

    That's the way I see it too. Google was going to be dumped at some point no matter how much they cow-towed to Apple.
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  • Reply 35 of 223
    Originally Posted by Conrail View Post

    Oh, goody.  An Apple car. It's an all new product, so you can't expect it to have everything.  Door handles on the inside will be added within the first six months.


     



    Pathetic. Are you incapable of creative thought? Don’t think outside the box, think outside the tesseract.

     

    Why would an Apple Car need door handles? Proximity to your iDevice and it would open the door for you.

     

     

     

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  • Reply 36 of 223
    jfc1138jfc1138 Posts: 3,090member
    N/M

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  • Reply 37 of 223
    bsenkabsenka Posts: 802member
    In my area at least, Apple's maps have been significantly more accurate than Google from day one. It doesn't even cross my mind to use Google anymore.
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  • Reply 38 of 223
    hill60hill60 Posts: 6,992member
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    Getting audio and/or advance notice of traffic issues ahead in time to plan an alternate route has it's benefits. A lot of commuting is probably like mine: over the same route(s) but dependent on traffic for the specific choice, when something is all red I make a change…


     

    So you learn nothing from previously taken routes and will blindly drive according to the prompts from a GPS, even when you know it is wrong?

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  • Reply 39 of 223
    jfc1138jfc1138 Posts: 3,090member
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    I'll start using Apple Maps when they figure out the old Bay Bridge from Oakland to Yerba Buena hasn't been in use for quite some time now.

    Didn't that re-open in September?

     

    ETA: Amusing, zoom in on Googelmaps and the spans completed roadway disappears...

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  • Reply 40 of 223
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    We did a silly search yesterday and found something interesting.

     

    Living in New Plymouth, New Zealand we looked up how long it would take us to walk from New Plymouth to the gas works in Kapuni. Google Maps said 13 hours something but took us down the main road to get there.

     

    However, Apple Maps cut us through Mount Egmont National Park and dropped 15 minutes. Apple Maps wins because A) it's a straight line, B) it's a far more beautiful walk.


     

    I thought they renamed Mt Egmont to Mt Taranaki. I haven't lived in NZ in 20 years though. Did the name not stick?

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