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iOS 6 |OT| New Maps? googy pls
- Thread starter bananas
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Technosteve
Banned
Really disappointed in the new maps.
Aerial images are absolute fucking garbage and it has no street view / no 3D in my area.
Pretty much completely useless. I mean, this is how my city looks right now on my ipad.
Compared to google maps, where I can zoom in so far I can almost make out car's license plates, crystal clear.
Aerial images are absolute fucking garbage and it has no street view / no 3D in my area.
Pretty much completely useless. I mean, this is how my city looks right now on my ipad.
Compared to google maps, where I can zoom in so far I can almost make out car's license plates, crystal clear.
Perfect. That plus turn by turn are all I need Maps to do, honestly.
Treefingers
Member
@Hoo-doo, ouch.
StrikerObi
Member
Looks like it is just a placeholder. What's odd is that if you go to the App Store, a bunch of the apps under the "Whats Hot" are all apps that were shown as integrating with Passbook (Amtrack, United, Target, Starbucks, and more).
tycoonheart
Member
That is woeful.
Treefingers
Member
To be fair they'll obviously work on it a lot more before and after release. I would assume they would work to add better satellite photos in the future.
LyleLanley
Banned
As long as it doesn't have public transportation directions I'll definitely be using the Google Maps app as well. Turn by turn driving directions are great, but doesn't really help me in NYC.
The Dutch Slayer
Member
quoted for new page.
Also @Hoo-doo that is what I expected for Holland and I'll bet a lot of other countries apple mainly cars about USA and China now because those are the biggest and where they can make most of their money.
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
The new maps aren't that bad in my area, surprisingly. I live in the sticks in the UK, too.
Fully zoomed in I can make out houses very easily. Quality is probably on par with what Google Maps had 6-7 years ago, which is about right for a first revision.
The important thing is that Apple continuously improve it and not waiting for iOS versions every year.
Fully zoomed in I can make out houses very easily. Quality is probably on par with what Google Maps had 6-7 years ago, which is about right for a first revision.
The important thing is that Apple continuously improve it and not waiting for iOS versions every year.
Yeah no kidding. I used to love to check maps before I went somewhere new, to check out the area, look around in street view for orientation and easier traveling. I guess that's not happening anytime soon.
Treefingers
Member
It's the first beta man.
Forgot about that.
Yea the public transportation is pretty vital.
Yes but they only have 3 ish months to improve quite a lot.
I don't doubt that it'll get better though.
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
Everyone will have their own set of priorities. I have never used transit directions.
The satellite pic is ugly as well, but I can count on one hand the number of times I've used that or street view. I need to look up businesses and addresses, and get driving directions. That's pretty much it.
The satellite pic is ugly as well, but I can count on one hand the number of times I've used that or street view. I need to look up businesses and addresses, and get driving directions. That's pretty much it.
Kung Fu Jedi
Member
Most of the map data is passed over to the phone via servers, which means that much of that data may not be in place yet until the system officially launches in October. Hopefully by then they'll have filled in more images.
Quite honestly though, I seldom, if ever, use the satellite views. I've used it to show off what it can do to friends, but that's about it. I'm much more interested in detailed and accurate maps, and turn-by-turn, then I am satellite views. I do admit that Street View comes in handy from time to time however and I'll miss walking/mass transit directions until they get them patched in.
Quite honestly though, I seldom, if ever, use the satellite views. I've used it to show off what it can do to friends, but that's about it. I'm much more interested in detailed and accurate maps, and turn-by-turn, then I am satellite views. I do admit that Street View comes in handy from time to time however and I'll miss walking/mass transit directions until they get them patched in.
Victory Red
Member
When you rotate the map with your finger a compass shows up to show you which way is north. Nice touch
Were you participating in the dev betas of iOS 5? It was pretty brutally bugged and missed features some people in this thread would call critical right up until the GM release. iOS 4 before that was no different.
Overall I imagine the iOS 6 beta programme will be no different either.
In regards to Map quality, it makes perfect sense not to have everything online before the system launches that isn't key for the testing purposes of the current beta build, months in advance.
StrikerObi
Member
Movie times via Siri are nice, but it seems stupid that it can't book me tickets as well. You can get reservations for restaurants via OpenTable, so why no movie tickets via Fandango? Even if all it does is launch the app so you can submit the payment, that would still be better than just showing me times and not letting me do anything with them.
LyleLanley
Banned
I expect that fandango will be integrated into Siri sooner than later, especially since that was one of the programs that they showed off as part of Passbook.
I wasn't no. I did hear about how it was buggy though.
Do what? It does what it's supposed to do. I use it to search for contacts.
StrikerObi
Member
Siri is pretty smart about sports scores though. Check this out:
It was smart enough to:
1) Know that I am talking about hockey only by me mentioning the Stanley Cup.
2) Pull up the score from last night's game.
3) Realize that this victory for the Kings (over my childhood favorite Devils) won them the cup.
It was smart enough to:
1) Know that I am talking about hockey only by me mentioning the Stanley Cup.
2) Pull up the score from last night's game.
3) Realize that this victory for the Kings (over my childhood favorite Devils) won them the cup.
I used the transit directions in NYC when I was visiting, and it was a lifesaver there. So long as the actual navigation is rock solid for me then I'm good. Though if Google Maps and Navigation is on there when the new iPhone is out, I'd rather use it.
It's going to take a while for Apple to get their stuff anywhere approaching what Google has. But it's a start, and competing apps are always good. Means more features for the end user.
Yes. Replace it with a Widgets page.
Commander William Adama
Banned
Is Amsterdam like this too? If so i can't wait for google maps to show up on appstore. Apple is doing a very weird move with changing from google to tomtom.
Siri is pretty smart about sports scores though. Check this out:
It was smart enough to:
1) Know that I am talking about hockey only by me mentioning the Stanley Cup.
2) Pull up the score from last night's game.
3) Realize that this victory for the Kings (over my childhood favorite Devils) won them the cup.
But doesn't know who the habs are
Actually, I spoke too soon.
Eindhoven is a complete blurry mess like the picture I posted before, but Utrecht or Amsterdam for example are not that bad.
It seems they just have really spotty coverage in terms of high-res aerial images or maybe Eindhoven is just cursed. Who knows!
LyleLanley
Banned
How long has it been like this and when did it happen?
I liked the map features they've shown on the keynote but yeah, looks like it will be useless for me for quite a while (I live in a city northwest of Rio de Janeiro, looking at Hoo-doo's comparison I'm expecting something close to a black screen here). Hopefully the Google app won't take long to be released.
At least ten minutes or so, and it happened when I was restoring from a backup of my phone while upgrading to ios6.
LyleLanley
Banned
Are you sure it's not just taking a long time to update?
Doesn't feel like it... Who knows. I'm going to leave it for another 30 or so and see what happens.
Kung Fu Jedi
Member
Google Maps App will probably be ready Day -1.
But this isn't a weird move at all if you understand what is going on between Apple and Google.
LyleLanley
Banned
Yeah, it makes sense that they would move such an integral part of their OS away from being dependent on their biggest rival.
Victory Red
Member
Why skimp on features for iOS then go ahead and release a full-featured app in their app store?
Good Job Bob
Member
They're going to lose half their user base.
tycoonheart
Member
Yep. I live around DC and I need my metro stations on the map.
planar1280
Banned
You look like you are in Germany plus this is in beta