Comment on A decade after a disastrous launch, is Apple Maps finally good?

HollandJim@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

I’m not in the US so I’d use either use Apple Maps, Google Maps and Waze, but until the past 4-5 years none were that great. G-Maps would take me down roads that didn’t exist, or it would Waze occasionally send me to parts of Germany by way of England. We were not amused. Forget using either for actual live navigation, especially in Germany or France - really slow at predicting turns or which lane to be in when they split. They ALL occasionally want to send you to the service dock in the back alley, instead of the front door (a result of getting initial data from delivery companies, I’d bet).

Apple Maps, about 3-4 years ago, just started getting WAY better for navigation: far better turn prediction, lane bifurcation guidence on top and really nice CarPlay integration with my VW ID.3.

Another thing to mention - report issues. The more you report, with proof (pictures, especially) the faster the map data gets updated. I’m assuming it’s tied to your iCloud account - I’ve had maps changes happen in 2-3 days, but I’ve been submitting data changes for years now.

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