jamesclark830

Not to be a killjoy with everyone smacking down Apple Maps, but I have found it to be more useful. I am NOT saying it's great, in my opinion, none of them are. I was an avid Waze user years ago, and then it was hands down the best. Not so much anymore. I grow weary of Waze' attempts to route me off of a freeway, only to try to get back on. That almost never saves time. The cartoonish interface of Waze bothers me also. Not that it isn't useful, but it makes no effort to look even remotely like your surroundings. So what do I like about Apple Maps? Well, it provides almost identical routes to Waze and Google (no kidding, I've run all three simultaneously!) Besides that it has an easy to access route overview (like Google), but even better. The display shows buildings and more accurately shows your surroundings, which generally makes it easier to navigate in traffic. My big beef about all three (Google, Waze, and Apple) is that none of them seem to use predictive algorithms using historical traffic patterns. Anyone with a commute over 30 minutes can be routed down a path that is clear at the time it was selected, but well known to be congested by the time you reach a certain place. The first one to get that right will win it all! Well... at least they will win my deepest respect and devotion!