And none of those areas have Street View which is a downgrade to the previous app, a feature that the OP was talking about, a useful feature used by automatic generated links to the maps app, and a feature that you will no longer be able to use even if you do get a Google Maps app because Apple doesn't allow default apps to be defined. And even if his area is better, outside of maybe China, is there any place where it has been proven the data is better than Google's? Why are we trying to play down the state of Apple Maps when by now it's widely recognized how it stacks up.
I almost never used Streetview, and when I did I was always underwhelmed. It's another one of those situations where people only like it once it's gone. I remember how I would put in an address and it would show me the middle of the street. It was up to me to figure out which side of the street I wanted to look at, and then it wouldn't quite be what I wanted to look at, so I'd move up or down the street, dealing with the incredibly slow and janky navigation, pressing the arrow button over and over again in an effort to get a useful view.
With the new Yelp integration, as long as I'm looking for a business, I can simply click on the name and a series of pictures show up. In nearly every instance, one of the pictures is of the front of the building, which is all I would use streetview for anyway. This is faster and clearer. And as more businesses catch on, I expect the first picture of a given business will always be the front of the building, which will mean exactly I won't even have to click on the 'photos' tab.
For example, here's a diner I'll be headed to in a few minutes. You really think streetview would be faster or more useful than this, which I accomplished with a single tap?
