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The iOS14 Apple Maps Thread
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They were never available when just browsing the map. Only during navigation.
Google Maps is the opposite.
Still no ratings & photos upload in my Maps app (Germany) for any place I visited. I wonder if this ever hits or whether it will take another decade like their new Maps rollout.
Still seeing them here around Vancouver in BC;.... lights and also got a red light speed camera alert.
That has always been the case....and it will only show the next three? Traffic lights coming up on your route, bot every single one in the current view.
Routing guides like traffic lights, stop sign, speed limit information, etc. are only seen while routing.
The only one I wish was always there was speed limit signs, but I understand Apple’s reasons for limiting these to routing view only....they want you to route everywhere so they can get that data back.
One of the difficult parts to the new Apple Maps is managing our expectations.
Apple gives us a little and we expect a lot more.
Just because Google Maps has A-E, if Apple Maps gives us A-B we expect CDE. Because we now get Function SL in Nav we expect it in Route because it “makes sense” from our standpoint.
Apple Maps is getting better and driving Google Maps to be even better. However Apple Maps still has a long ways to go.
Apple gives us a little and we expect a lot more.
Just because Google Maps has A-E, if Apple Maps gives us A-B we expect CDE. Because we now get Function SL in Nav we expect it in Route because it “makes sense” from our standpoint.
Apple Maps is getting better and driving Google Maps to be even better. However Apple Maps still has a long ways to go.
At least here in New York, I find that Apple Maps will show me the speed limit an any road that has a clear and visible speed limit sign at some point, including in residential neighborhoods. The speeds should have been captured automatically by the cameras on the Apple Maps vehicles when they last drove through.
Yep...and the problem with that (as Canyda pointed out), most residential neighborhoods have a preset local speed limit set by law, but no signs, so Apple does not show them even though they technically exist.
With that being said, it doesn't make me believe Google's interpretation either.
I think for nearly every city in the USA, if a road is not marked with a speed limit in a residential area, the default is 25 MPH.
I've seen some random 55 MPH speeds on Google Maps on smaller streets, so Google isn't exactly on top either. Or are they?
In the case of the State of New York, the default speed limit in the state (outside of New York City) is 55 MPH unless otherwise posted. It's not uncommon leaving towns (or at least built up areas) to see an "End Speed Limit" sign.
In New York City, the default speed limit is 25 MPH unless otherwise posted, but it was 30 MPH just a few years ago.
MacRumors front page beat me to it, but more Look Around areas have been added. Miami and Denver jumped out at me, but the front page also mentions Ft. Lauderdale and Detroit.
Front page updated...and I think it is worth noting that Detroit, Denver and Miami are large cities on their own, but these updates go way beyond the city limits and even beyond what would be considered "suburbs" of these cities. The Denver coverage goes all the way out to include Boulder while the Detroit update includes Ann Arbor. It's nice to see MacRumors recognize Ft. Lauderdale as a separate update because it certainly is a large city in it's own right while still being considered part of the Miami metro area.
My guess is there will be a few more updates like these with other "major" cities and then a full release of the rest of the USA before Summer.
It's nice to see that releases are speeding up a bit, for sure! I imagine Canada's massive release was a good test of how much they can do, because while huge...there isn't as much "stuff".
EDIT: Miami's goes a lot farther than I noticed when first looking. Almost up to Palm Beach Gardens. That's a pretty decent distance from the Miami limits (and even from Ft. Lauderdale)!
EDIT: Miami's goes a lot farther than I noticed when first looking. Almost up to Palm Beach Gardens. That's a pretty decent distance from the Miami limits (and even from Ft. Lauderdale)!
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Sorry if this has been discussed; didn't see anything... When did Maps start using Dark Mode when you choose Satellite Imagery? Is this new or did I just not notice?
That's a guess...but I think it has been that way since new Maps first appeared 2 years ago.
I just noticed that as of iOS 14.3, Apple swapped the colors of the "Work" calendar and "default" Calendar. Work is now red. It's throwing me off.
Taking another gander at Apple Maps under 14.4 ...
Biggest issue I have is contrast. The colors and emphasis Apple uses makes map visibility pretty poor.
Here is an example in 2D and 3D, close and far. @d is poor, 3D is worse.
You can see the highway pretty good but connecting roads sort of “blend in”. Not good.
Biggest issue I have is contrast. The colors and emphasis Apple uses makes map visibility pretty poor.
Here is an example in 2D and 3D, close and far. @d is poor, 3D is worse.
You can see the highway pretty good but connecting roads sort of “blend in”. Not good.