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mabhatter t1_j5jnv3n wrote

Reply to comment by IT_Chef in Google to merge mapping service Waze with maps products teams | CNN Business by sovamind

You can finally try Apple Maps!

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Bits-N-Kibbles t1_j5js1em wrote

Apple Maps “corrected” an address I put in once causing me to drive across downtown Seattle during rush hour instead of 2 minutes away.

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Cheerio1234 t1_j5k6hr9 wrote

Exact same situation for me. My “Home” address is my correct address, but it somehow thinks the zip code is wrong and automatically changes it to one two neighborhoods over.

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ILikeMyGrassBlue t1_j5kj258 wrote

Apple Maps told me to get out in the middle of a field and walk to my destination, a Chinese restaurant, that was about five miles away.

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n3cr0ph4g1st t1_j5kwgf9 wrote

Apple maps is such fucking garbage. My house is super easy to get to but for some godforsaken reason, Apple directs everyone through a golf course road to get to the side of my house which is a fire access road and blocked off with a locked gate so you can't get back onto the main road. So then they have to reverse like a mile just to get back to the road lmao.

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meesh-lars t1_j5jvzwo wrote

It once gave me directions to go to the back of a strip mall parking lot and walk across a ditch to get to ups in another strip mall.

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HaveFireInMyEyes t1_j5kzbdi wrote

I’ve been using Apple Maps for a while now since waze voice directions change mid trip which sounds annoying.

Zero beeps because I didn’t follow their directions, zero advertising, and zero weird fuel saving side trips.

It tells me to get out of a lane before it becomes a turn lane, tells me which lane to be in for the next directions, gives me more time when giving directions, and seems to use less battery too.

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ytpq t1_j5oowhj wrote

>It tells me to get out of a lane before it becomes a turn lane, tells me which lane to be in for the next directions, gives me more time when giving directions

This is 100% why I prefer Apple Maps

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Armonster t1_j5l0g0e wrote

real talk is there a way to use apple maps on android?

Apple maps is amazing at giving directions ahead of time to prepare you for whats coming up. Google maps is like "turn left now" on a 6 lane highway with no warning.

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sovamind OP t1_j5nbqxi wrote

Google Maps - tap the direction bar at the top and it'll jump to the action you need to take, like take the exit. It'll stay on this view for all the steps until you tap it again to go back to your current position.

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n3gr0_am1g0 t1_j5lhf09 wrote

My girlfriend uses Apple Maps and it seems to me to be consistently worse than Google maps or waze in designing routes.

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VanWilder91 t1_j5nwfux wrote

I'd rather a blind man who doesn't speak English give me directions than use Apple Maps. It's utter shit

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