Positive Things in Apple Maps

[TEG24601]

State Shields on State Routes/Roads/Highways, instead of those damn circles/ovals.


Routes don't seem to reappear at random with there is a database upgrade like they do on Google, I'm looking at you SR 603.


I'm curious if anyone has anything else they find that is better in Apple Maps than Google Maps?

[empirestate]

I think the 3D quality is better in Apple's Flyover, but Google has more areas covered.

[renegade]

Apple Maps could add exit numbers to its freeways and I'd be happy.

[briantroutman]

I think Apple's method of showing traffic–red or yellow dotted lines over trouble spots, but nothing on free-flowing roads–is preferable to Google's method of painting everything else green (and covering over labels in the process).

Also, if you're an iPhone user, there's something to be said for the integration of handing Siri commands directly off to Maps.

[rschen7754]

It looks pretty and is a bit more responsive.

[pianocello]

I particularly like Apple's rendering of curves over Google.

When I'm looking at traffic data when I'm driving sitting in the passenger seat, I prefer Google over Apple. My phone has a tendency to have slow data, so when I look at traffic on Apple maps I often mistake seeing nothing on free-flowing roads as missing information.

[adventurernumber1]

Apple Maps is a default app on my iPhone (though I also have a supplementary Google Maps app - most of the time that is - I currently don't thanks to my gosh awful stupid phone storage). The thing I'd say I like very most about Apple Maps is that they use each state's state road shield on all the state highways. That's very cool IMO.

[triplemultiplex]

You get to see more of the town you happen to be in the way Apple Maps locates businesses in the wrong place.

[ilvny]

Like some of you have already said, I like that Apple Maps uses the state route shields.  Google Maps should do the same.

[PITCHS]

This thread is 2.5 years old and the only thing Apple does better is use state shields? That's not saying much...I'm trying desperately to find a viable alternative for Google Maps due to their incompetence with the new version and it's sad/pathetic that they are so far ahead of the competition that this is the best aspect of Apple's version. Personally, I'd be happy with any (free) service with more frequently updated satellite images.

As an aside, I've repeatedly pointed out to Google over the past year or two that the satellite images of Pittsburgh were more up to date in the classic version than in the new one. It seems their solution to this has been to update both versions to the older imagery within the past week or so. That more up-to-date imagery is presumably only accessible through Google Earth now, not sure why they decided to stick with the older imagery but I've since stopped asking questions of their motives, simply looking for something that can compare or at least has the promise to compare sometime in the not so distant future but so far I am drawing a blank.

Anyone pay for the high quality images directly from the company? Is it recommended if you're half the nerd I am when it comes to poring over these images looking for all the changes?

[empirestate]

This thread is 2.5 years old and the only thing Apple does better is use state shields?

I was just getting ready to respond with one possible answer, but then scrolled up and realized I already had.