I wish they would rebuild Siri from the ground up.
Maybe just maybe I’ll stop using Waze but I seriously doubt it.
I might stop using Waze because it and my car audio system have issues with my iPhone 11 Pro, Apple Maps does not. Using Bluetooth I can hear music playing from the phone and hear Waze voice at an appropriate volume. If I pause the music (either with the phone or the entertainment system screen), Waze voice drops to a level so low it cannot be clearly heard without raising the car audio volume to a very high level. This did not happen with my iPhone 5S. Apple Maps works just fine and I can hear Map Siri (as I refer to her) at the right volume under all circumstances.
I've used Maps since Day One and have had only one disappointment in being led astray.
But recently, I've noticed that Maps GPS function is responding on my SE more slowly than in the past. At 65mph+ I often get the next command, lane assist panel, or turn too late and overshoot my next movement.
I don't know if it's a function of the rollout, but it's only started over the las three months or so. Obviously it's not much of a problem on named streets, but unnamed intersections often take me by surprise.
I miss having a great nav app on iOS, but Garmin stopped support, probably favoring their GPS units. If I could get two features of the best nav apps, it would be the ability to drop pins between Begin and End and get the general routes I want. Or to drag any given point of a suggested route to another point and get a new alternate route. The other feature would be offline maps. Overall, I'm completely happy with the progress Apple is making.
I just took a walk around my neighborhood, a virtual walk, and I find that it works pretty well and the quality is very good too, it's smooth.
I also find that the 3D satellite view looks much better than the last time I tried it, which is a long time ago.
In the beginning, you had these weird, warped buildings etc., but now everything looks good.
There's a blue dot that shows my current device location, but I wish that I could get rid of the big blue circle around it, because when I zoom in to my location everything in that circle has a blue hue to it. Maybe it can be gotten rid of, but I haven't figured out how yet.
Is Canada in the initial deployment or in the Europe deployment or some other time? Sometimes when people say "US" they also mean Canada.
It is not Canada-wide. There are regions of Canada that have the new data sets.
Great news. I live in Canada, but everyone should know that the inhabited portion of Canada is, for the most part, a 50 to 70 mile wide stretch of land along the US border (the 45 th Parallel). The possible exceptions are in the East, first settled by French Canadians, with the Maritime Provinces, the North shore of the Saint Lawrence river in the Province of Quebec, and the southern part of the Province of Ontario.
The City of Montreal is so close to the American border that by clear weather you can see inside the United States of America, 55 miles South, in the State of New York, from the Olympic Tower Public Observatory.
And the City of Toronto is across the State of New York, on the opposite side of Lake Ontario.
If Apple wants to include Canada in the revised Maps application, the territory to cover in great details is fairly limited (which makes it easy to include).
I would be mostly satisfied if AM just gives me the correct directions each time. I'm by no means a frequent user of it, but I have had several times in the past two years where it directs me to a totally wrong location -- which I only found out after attempting to drive there and get into an endless loop once I'm close to what AM thought was the destination. Not encountered recently, but I also hope they fixed the problem where it would provide directions to an identically named place that is 1000+ miles from my current location instead of the one that is <5 miles from my current location.
This happened to me on a trip with a family member. Having got us lost, it complete soured that family member on any and all Apple products.He refuses to consider buying them because "they suck. Remember how we got lost because you used their crap? And they always want you to pay more for things that used to work fine."
Its not unreasonable. Remember how Steve reamed the Mobile-Me bunch and accused them of making a poor product that forever harmed the reputation of Apple? He wasn't wrong. Apple simply hopes people forget their mistakes.
All I want is to be able to download maps offline. I have dodgy spots on my commute and have to resort to Google. But CarPlay (obviously) works best with Apple Maps.
Can it give you directions to a store in an outdoor mall like Google maps or does it still drop you at the entrance to the mall? Tested it. The answer is no it cannot direct you to the store although it does know where it is in the mall now which is a big improvement.
So much work went into this. A colossal achievement that really only Apple would undertake. .
Didn’t google do it first?
Can’t you , just once, give the company its due?
Not sure what you mean - unless you’re mad that I didn’t mention Mapquest, since they were doing maps before Google. If you read my first post in this thread, I credited Apple with the improvements they’ve made, but the fact is Apple is still playing catch-up to Google Maps in many areas.
I’m sorry if I’m not a blind fanboy sycophant like many people here, but I prefer honesty.
So much work went into this. A colossal achievement that really only Apple would undertake. .
Didn’t google do it first?
Can’t you , just once, give the company its due?
Not sure what you mean - unless you’re mad that I didn’t mention Mapquest, since they were doing maps before Google. If you read my first post in this thread, I credited Apple with the improvements they’ve made, but the fact is Apple is still playing catch-up to Google Maps in many areas.
I’m sorry if I’m not a blind fanboy sycophant like many people here, but I prefer honesty.
2) I wish Apple Maps used the maps.apple.com website. If you export a location and try to open it in a browser that can call one of their apps it will send yo to maps.google.com. Maybe it's too much work and cost, but I'd think users being able to choose Apple Maps in the browser would help keep users data more private and show that Apple Maps is an excellent alternative. There could even be Android users that don't want to switch to an iPhone because they're under the impression that Apple Maps isn't good.
What does the bolded part mean exactly? I can't figure out what this workflow is that you're describing.
Anyway, I use Apple Maps in my browser just fine — it's integrated in DuckDuckGo. Maybe if you stop using Google then you wouldn't end up in Google Maps?
Great news. So how long before I can buy a true Flight Simulator-alternative for my 27" iMac?
Well, not the answer you want but in the short term Boot Camp and Microsoft's upcoming new Flight Simulator 2020 will be my choice. I've had it with 1990's style mapping and building graphics from X-Plane.
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I love Apple Maps - and have been using ever since it came out... I prefer it's UI/UX over Google Maps
Of course, Apple Maps sucks when travelling international... Google is way superior in POIs, accuracy, etc.
But recently, I've noticed that Maps GPS function is responding on my SE more slowly than in the past. At 65mph+ I often get the next command, lane assist panel, or turn too late and overshoot my next movement.
I don't know if it's a function of the rollout, but it's only started over the las three months or so. Obviously it's not much of a problem on named streets, but unnamed intersections often take me by surprise.
I miss having a great nav app on iOS, but Garmin stopped support, probably favoring their GPS units. If I could get two features of the best nav apps, it would be the ability to drop pins between Begin and End and get the general routes I want. Or to drag any given point of a suggested route to another point and get a new alternate route. The other feature would be offline maps. Overall, I'm completely happy with the progress Apple is making.
I also find that the 3D satellite view looks much better than the last time I tried it, which is a long time ago.
In the beginning, you had these weird, warped buildings etc., but now everything looks good.
There's a blue dot that shows my current device location, but I wish that I could get rid of the big blue circle around it, because when I zoom in to my location everything in that circle has a blue hue to it. Maybe it can be gotten rid of, but I haven't figured out how yet.
That thing looks pretty damn good I have to admit.
Its not unreasonable. Remember how Steve reamed the Mobile-Me bunch and accused them of making a poor product that forever harmed the reputation of Apple? He wasn't wrong. Apple simply hopes people forget their mistakes.
I guess I’ll keep waiting...
Tested it. The answer is no it cannot direct you to the store although it does know where it is in the mall now which is a big improvement.
You already can, there are multiple options. But what does this have to do with Apple Maps?
Anyway, I use Apple Maps in my browser just fine — it's integrated in DuckDuckGo. Maybe if you stop using Google then you wouldn't end up in Google Maps?