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New Apple iOS 6 Maps

Started by HighwayMaster, September 19, 2012, 06:31:16 PM

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On a scale of 1 to 10, how would you rate the new Apple maps?

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11 (36.7%)
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2 (6.7%)
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3 (10%)
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2 (6.7%)
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2 (6.7%)
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3 (10%)
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4 (13.3%)
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2 (6.7%)
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1 (3.3%)
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0 (0%)

Total Members Voted: 30

Voting closed: January 17, 2013, 09:11:35 PM

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empirestate

#75
January 03, 2013, 12:24:54 AM  

KEK Inc.

#76
January 03, 2013, 04:44:52 AM  
Oooo.  Smexy.







I haven't really played around with Mapquest yet, but I do like the new Google Maps on iPhones despite it lacking distinct state sheilds.




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Jim

#77
January 03, 2013, 11:40:41 AM  
Quote from: empirestate on January 03, 2013, 12:24:54 AM
Y'all need to check out the MapQuest mobile app now...

Nice, but like the new Google Maps app, there doesn't seem to be an iPad version..  So..sticking with iOS 5 a little longer.
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SSOWorld

#78
January 03, 2013, 01:25:16 PM  
Quote from: Jim on January 03, 2013, 11:40:41 AM
Quote from: empirestate on January 03, 2013, 12:24:54 AM
Y'all need to check out the MapQuest mobile app now...

Nice, but like the new Google Maps app, there doesn't seem to be an iPad version..  So..sticking with iOS 5 a little longer.

They pushed the phone app out because of the particular need of the app (on the road - small device). They may have an iPad exclusive interface later.
Scott O.

Not all who wander are lost...
Ah, the open skies, wind at my back, warm sun on my... wait, where the hell am I?!
As a matter of fact, I do own the road.
Raise your what?

Wisconsin - out-multiplexing your state since 1918.

empirestate

#79
January 11, 2013, 01:01:21 PM  
Quote from: Jim on January 03, 2013, 11:40:41 AM
Quote from: empirestate on January 03, 2013, 12:24:54 AM
Y'all need to check out the MapQuest mobile app now...

Nice, but like the new Google Maps app, there doesn't seem to be an iPad version..  So..sticking with iOS 5 a little longer.

Quote from: SSOWorld on January 03, 2013, 01:25:16 PM
Quote from: Jim on January 03, 2013, 11:40:41 AM
Quote from: empirestate on January 03, 2013, 12:24:54 AM
Y'all need to check out the MapQuest mobile app now...

Nice, but like the new Google Maps app, there doesn't seem to be an iPad version..  So..sticking with iOS 5 a little longer.

They pushed the phone app out because of the particular need of the app (on the road - small device). They may have an iPad exclusive interface later.

Meantime, the MapQuest version has now appeared online. Is this the first web-based map service to show properly-shaped shields?

SSOWorld

#80
January 11, 2013, 06:51:25 PM  
For most states.
Scott O.

Not all who wander are lost...
Ah, the open skies, wind at my back, warm sun on my... wait, where the hell am I?!
As a matter of fact, I do own the road.
Raise your what?

Wisconsin - out-multiplexing your state since 1918.

empirestate

#81
January 12, 2013, 02:18:24 AM  
Quote from: SSOWorld on January 11, 2013, 06:51:25 PM
For most states.

Yes, so I noticed after posting...wonder why those few didn't appear (NY, NJ, NH, MA, etc.)? They show up all right in the mobile version. Must be some kind of rendering lag that for some reason occurs by state.

vdeane

#82
January 12, 2013, 11:23:21 AM  
MapQuest Open has them.  Ironically they don't have Canada, while Google has Canada but not the US.
Please note: All comments here represent my own personal opinion and do not reflect the official position of NYSDOT or its affiliates.

empirestate

#83
January 12, 2013, 10:12:42 PM  
Quote from: deanej on January 12, 2013, 11:23:21 AM
MapQuest Open has them.  Ironically they don't have Canada, while Google has Canada but not the US.

Weirder still, as the mobile version does show shields in Canada!

codyg1985

#84
January 13, 2013, 11:48:47 AM  
The desktop MapQuest webpage has the shields in them now. They also show bannered routes, putting BUS or ALT or on top of the shield where appropriate. They also use green Interstate shields for business loops or spurs. I also like how multiplexes are shown on there, too. They do use a generic square for Texas state routes, but use circles for the FM and RM roads. Missouri secondary routes are shown as primary routes with the Missouri outline. Tennessee secondary routes are also shown as primary routes.  I am quite impressed with the attention to the shields, at least.

I would love to see some county (or parish) pentagons.
Cody Goodman
Huntsville, AL, United States

Bickendan

#85
January 15, 2013, 08:38:57 PM  
I believe it's time a meme is updated:

probably should read Google Maps instead of MapQuest now...

empirestate

#86
January 23, 2013, 12:26:47 PM  
So far, the MQ desktop version still has Interstate, US, and primary state shields only, for all states except MA, MI, NH, NJ, and NY. In Canada, there seem to be more options:

National: TCH, Crowsnest and Yellowhead highways
BC primary
AB primary (pentagon) and secondary (oval)
SK primary/secondary (shield) and tertiary (rectangle)
MB primary (shield) and secondary (black oval)
ON primary (shield) and secondary/tertiary (pentagon, erroneous for tertiary), also QEW (yellow shield)
QC autoroute and provincial
NB primary and secondary
NS arterial and trunk
PE primary
NL provincial
YT territorial (square)
NT territorial

That's just counting what's covered by new-style symbols. Some categories (like ON regional and NB tertiary) are still covered by old-style bubbles and rectangles.

1995hoo

#87
September 28, 2013, 11:44:52 AM  
Quote from: doorknob60 on September 29, 2012, 03:46:49 PM
Relevant. Ever look closely at the Apple maps icon?


EDIT: Oh someone already pointed it out earlier, but I found this really funny when I realized it today  :-P

Thread exhumed to note that in the new iOS 7, Apple changed the icon altogether. See below. I downloaded iOS 7 to my iPhone a few days back but only got around to doing the iPad yesterday, so I haven't played with the maps at all. But a brief experiment while waiting for Mobile Photobucket shows they haven't fixed it–a search for "Williamsburg, VA" turns up not the city of that name but instead the neighborhood in Arlington, Virginia, where Nicklas Backstrom lives. D'oh.



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DTComposer

#88
October 05, 2013, 03:16:15 PM  
Quote from: 1995hoo on September 28, 2013, 11:44:52 AM
Quote from: doorknob60 on September 29, 2012, 03:46:49 PM
Relevant. Ever look closely at the Apple maps icon?


EDIT: Oh someone already pointed it out earlier, but I found this really funny when I realized it today  :-P

Thread exhumed to note that in the new iOS 7, Apple changed the icon altogether. See below. I downloaded iOS 7 to my iPhone a few days back but only got around to doing the iPad yesterday, so I haven't played with the maps at all. But a brief experiment while waiting for Mobile Photobucket shows they haven't fixed it–a search for "Williamsburg, VA" turns up not the city of that name but instead the neighborhood in Arlington, Virginia, where Nicklas Backstrom lives. D'oh.





If I'm not mistaken, they've moved the icon to the location of their proposed new campus:

http://cdn1.appleinsider.com/cupertino.001.jpg

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