It actually got worse. Now it can't even figure out where my house is or my office. It puts my hours in the middle of a round about on a major road. Had a dentist appt and forgot how to get there from work. Looked it up and the address was right so I started navigation. Finally got close and realized the pin was across town.
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iOS 7 and Maps still sucks
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I want to like Apple Maps, I really do... they just have small errors that make me lean towards Google Maps.
This tracks with my experience also, but can you re-post those with the same search in both apps so we can have comparable results?
But at least when it found something it was in the right place. Sorry, 50% or more of the searches done here in Australia are close, but not close enough. It's not unusual for the street numbers to be reversed end to end, businesses and other POI to be miles off their real locations (or so far out of date), and some suburbs that are 10+ years old are not there yet.
It's not the actual Maps app itself, that seems to work pretty well, it's the data it has both in mapping data as well as POI. Much of this has been reported a LOT to Apple (and Yelp) and reports 12+ months old have not been acted on, so the data is still wrong. Surely Apple has the resources, funds and clout to get this stuff fixed eithor in house, externally, or by licencing data from a new and more reliable source.
I like the speed of the Vector maps over Google maps for sure.
Only I struggle to see the roads. Why does it have to be very thin light grey on white?
At night, I use invert colors because the white light just washes it all out. Even then, I struggle to see where all the roads meet up. There's been a few times where I though a road was continuous but it had a break that I couldn't see.
I have sharp eyes and love the crisp new fonts... but those map lines...
Only I struggle to see the roads. Why does it have to be very thin light grey on white?
At night, I use invert colors because the white light just washes it all out. Even then, I struggle to see where all the roads meet up. There's been a few times where I though a road was continuous but it had a break that I couldn't see.
I have sharp eyes and love the crisp new fonts... but those map lines...
I find them very hard to see as well, which makes the one aspect of Maps where I am that is actually accurate less useful to me. I just don't get why Apple hasn't fixed Maps.
It seems that all the apple fanboys (and fan girls) cannot find fault with apple maps. I have a big problem with apple maps. My business address is listed wrong in apple maps. It was listed wrong in google maps, but the big difference is that Google figured out a system to fix problems, Apple has not. Google maps has a mapmaker app that you can sign up, go in, correct your map, and some higher up supervisor will determine if your correction is valid, then your problem is fixed. Google fixed my problem, apple did not. I have written 3 emails to Tim Cook, no reply. I have send no less than 50 messages to apple to fix my address and still not a correction. I have spoken to store managers, one who sent my information to Cupertino, to no avail. Apple maps had my address on the wrong side of a bridge detour. You have any idea how bad this has been? Now the construction is basically finished, so people can at least cross the two bridges and under the highway to find me but, pleeese.. It is terrible that this giant company flushed with cash can't put enough cash into fixing this problematic map app and set up a corrective system with people actually doing something when they receive error messages.
Just out of curiosity, how did people find you before Apple maps were released?????
Map quest and now Google Maps, they still get lost when they use Apple Maps, they get to the other side of the two bridges and across the highway, end up at a parking lot, and generally call me to tell me they cannot find my building. I have stated clearly in my notices to Apple that they have the beginning of my street numbers in the wrong place. But my output seems go to a dead end. Before I posted last night I checked again to see if the correction was made, but of course it was not. There is no function where I can reach a supervisor who can get this fixed for me. I am wondering as to what will get their attention as nothing has helped. I am hoping someone at Apple might read about this problem.
I used Google maps right from its beginning and it also took some time before it became what it is now...and its still not perfect!
Mapping apps are complex and take time to develop.
Mapping apps are complex and take time to develop.
But GoogleMaps had existed for several years before that, so your 'forced' Google Maps app had tonnes of more data from the start.
That's true, but I was responding to cyks who said we were never forced to use Google Maps.
My complaint with maps, google included, is when I am driving and I need to make a pit stop, like buy juice at a convienience store or whatever, there is no "shunt switch" or "holding pattern switch". I go to the bathroom and it tells me to "u-turn or take a left" , all I want is for it to shut up till I am ready to continue to my destination.
I've had apple maps switch to walking directions...agreed, need a "pause" or "hold", "pit stop/rest area", or "I'm on the toilet, shut up!" button!
Just click End. Then when you are ready to resume, click route. I thought everyone did this?
Try editing it on TomToms site... I did that for errors around me I noticed. But it may take time for data to be updated from them and then for apple to incorporate that map data.
I corrected my map at Tom Tom, thanks for the heads up. Now I will wait and see what happens. If this is all that it takes, then why is "correct your map" not included in FAQ's or "Search" on Apples website, accompanied with a link to Tom Tom? Why is it that all the Apple staff at the Apple Stores are untrained and clueless as to information regarding fixing your map?
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I pretty sure you don't look how it's in Switzerland.
Almost no Point of interest. When I found one. It is at the location it was 15 years ago. I report it to Apple more than 1 year ago, but nothing change.
A big part of the country is in light green for an unknown reason. As you can imagine, the road are almost not visible to the eyes.
So, as Apple doesn't care, as They almost answer "**** you. Its not our work anymore to fix problem", I'm using Google map.
Almost no Point of interest. When I found one. It is at the location it was 15 years ago. I report it to Apple more than 1 year ago, but nothing change.
A big part of the country is in light green for an unknown reason. As you can imagine, the road are almost not visible to the eyes.
So, as Apple doesn't care, as They almost answer "**** you. Its not our work anymore to fix problem", I'm using Google map.
Who knows why Apple Store employees don't know. I find that true enough often enough! And I hear they're 'really strict' per say in their hiring practices. Does that mean you or I could easily get jobs there? Dunno? Maybe we need to be more hipster/quirky/etc to work there LOL! I'm guessing map updates just take forever but in the sense of a small business owner. That's a big deal.