Gotta love those 1.5 star McDonalds! And you have to assume that those giving it the ratings didn’t have uber-high expectations going in!
(Don’t get me wrong: I like the Golden Arches as much as anyone!)
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Apple Maps Thread - iOS 15
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Gotta love those 1.5 star McDonalds! And you have to assume that those giving it the ratings didn’t have uber-high expectations going in!
(Don’t get me wrong: I like the Golden Arches as much as anyone!)
Apple has released the city experience in Vancouver, Montreal and Toronto. Montreal has just received bicycle navigation.
Due to Canada already having Look Around across the entire country, it's much more difficult to figure out where the City Experience details ends for these three cities.
The next cities to receive the city experience: Madrid, Barcelona and Lisbon? For the WWDC?
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It has been a bit since I was last on this thread and I have been pretty much using Google Maps.
I came back to Apple Maps over the weekend to see how it has progressed.
I came back to Apple Maps over the weekend to see how it has progressed.
- It did great getting from Point A to Point B. Still cannot do multi-stop trips.
- It accurately displayed weekend road construction and detour.
- The bike/pedestrian par just north of me is back to being displayed incorrectly - it is using the waqlkway as the park border. This has been fixed twice before and back to incorrect.
- Traffic on the freeway was correct but was incorrect on city streets.
- 3D was better looking and in Dark Mode overall was easier to view than it used to be.
I use google maps when using my phone however when using carplay apple maps is far superior in my opinion.It has been a bit since I was last on this thread and I have been pretty much using Google Maps.
I came back to Apple Maps over the weekend to see how it has progressed.
Hope it keeps improving. GM will continue to be my app of choice until Apple puts in multi-stop functionality.
- It did great getting from Point A to Point B. Still cannot do multi-stop trips.
- It accurately displayed weekend road construction and detour.
- The bike/pedestrian par just north of me is back to being displayed incorrectly - it is using the waqlkway as the park border. This has been fixed twice before and back to incorrect.
- Traffic on the freeway was correct but was incorrect on city streets.
- 3D was better looking and in Dark Mode overall was easier to view than it used to be.
They both work well for me except for that one item: multi-stops.
Do the AR directions usually tie in with the city experience?
We know Sydney & Melbourne are due AR directions any day now, and I'm sure they'd be great city experience options
Maps: Augmented Reality Walking Directions
https://www.apple.com/au/ios/feature-availability/#maps-ar-walking-directions
And
Maps: Detailed City Experience
iOS and iPadOS - Feature Availability
iOS and iPadOS have so many amazing features. Find out which ones are available on iPhone and iPad in your country or region.
www.apple.com
Are the same lists...
We'll see in a few months. I just notice that Apple seems to be following the release of the new map data to release the city experience. Afterwards, it is not excluded that Apple will release American cities and or cities in the United Kingdom.
Do the AR directions usually tie in with the city experience?
We know Sydney & Melbourne are due AR directions any day now, and I'm sure they'd be great city experience options
Maps: Augmented Reality Walking Directions
https://www.apple.com/au/ios/feature-availability/#maps-ar-walking-directions
And
Maps: Detailed City Experience
iOS and iPadOS - Feature Availability
iOS and iPadOS have so many amazing features. Find out which ones are available on iPhone and iPad in your country or region.www.apple.com
Are the same lists...
Yep, I don't think there is any doubt that Melbourne and Sydney will be the first Australian cities to get the city experience., just a matter of when and if Apple breaks the mould of the current city experience release schedule.
It's been almost 4 months since the Australian expansion and the launch press release said "soon" for AR in Melbourne and Sydney, I reckon we might we waiting until WWDC for it.
From the front page:
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Apple Maps Incorporates HAAS Safety Cloud to Improve Roadway Hazard Alerts
Apple's Maps app in the United States has incorporated real-time roadway hazard information from HAAS Alert Safety Cloud, making the app better...
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For anyone outside Australia, does Apple Maps show the name of tunnels (and speed limits) while inside?
There's several tunnels in Sydney where once you enter, the tunnel name & speed limit disappears. When you exit the tunnel, the motorway name comes back.
Similarly, do speed limits show on roads with variable speed limits (that change based on traffic, hazards etc - and does it show the default speed (if the signs are blacked out)?
Similar happens on motorways here in Sydney - those with variable speeds have no speeds shown at all.
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Wondering if this is a Sydney thing, an Australia thing, or just Apple Maps in general thing.
There's several tunnels in Sydney where once you enter, the tunnel name & speed limit disappears. When you exit the tunnel, the motorway name comes back.
Similarly, do speed limits show on roads with variable speed limits (that change based on traffic, hazards etc - and does it show the default speed (if the signs are blacked out)?
Similar happens on motorways here in Sydney - those with variable speeds have no speeds shown at all.
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Wondering if this is a Sydney thing, an Australia thing, or just Apple Maps in general thing.
800 miles today from Michigan to Virginia and Maps caught every hazard (including a torn truck tire in the road) and a couple of speed traps.
No traffic at all on my route, so nothing was visible.
Another 400 miles coming up Sunday.
No traffic at all on my route, so nothing was visible.
Another 400 miles coming up Sunday.
I think the names of tunnels show up in Stockholm (at least for some of them). The new map data hasn’t been released here however, so there are no speed limits.
It could just be a data issue for that area. Does that particular tunnel show a name when looking at the map itself? If not, try dropping a pin and adjusting the name of the road there.
When new Maps data came to New York City, I found myself making modifications to the names of some of the bridges and tunnels here. To my knowledge, the only time the "road you're on" bubble disappears is:
-When you drift "off" the road, and Maps thinks you're not driving on a mapped road.
-When on an exit ramp or on ramp, although *usually* Maps will call it "Ramp".
-When you're not driving on a named road, such as inside a parking lot.
Ugggghhhhh….about time, Google!!
apple.news
Google Maps will now let you avoid pricey toll roads — Mashable
If you're willing to add half an hour to your trip to avoid paying a fee, Google Maps can help you out.
Use Apple Maps a lot in Sthlm, but have actually not seen this yet. Will keep my eyes peeled for it now.
Just tested this on my commute today through the Newport (Brynglas) tunnels on the M4 in the UK and can confirm that for maybe the last 50-100m and the first 50m or so on the exit that both the road name bubble (in this case simply M4) and the speed (incorrectly 70 when it should 50) disappeared. This occurred in both directions so it seems to happen here in the UK as well. The tunnels are not very long in the scheme of things (less than 400 metres) so maybe GPS linked?
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Also have it in other parts of australia. Seems as though when a fixed speed sign doesn’t exist the speed limit isn’t shown, since I’ve also noticed it on small side streets that would otherwise be 50
I think you’re on to something here. Where I live, if a road doesn’t have a posted speed limit…and it’s an open country road…the speed limit is actually 55mph. On roads like this, Maps doesn’t show a speed limit sign. However, if there’s an open country road that also has houses on it…the limit is instead 45. On these roads, Maps shows a sign saying 45, even though there isn’t one actually posted on the road. (And it’s good that it’s shown, because if you’re going 55 on a road like that that has houses, and there happens to be a cop around, they’ll stop you for it).