Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Jolly Roger Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: App]le Maps Date: 26 Oct 2015 21:59:01 GMT Organization: People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates Lines: 44 Message-ID: References: <562897f3$0$27876$b1db1813$2411a48f@news.astraweb.com> <221020151939385313%star@sky.net> X-Trace: individual.net PC7M8OBzvrQVSf9TB321IgblAQ5f3SAMULTVoSY2mLagwTuVm8 Cancel-Lock: sha1:EehUVpl3Su8CUd6KP3wJGByx/xY= X-Face: _.g>n!a$f3/H3jA]>9pN55*5<`}Tud57>1Y%b|b-Y~()~\t,LZ3e up1/bO{=-) User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Darwin) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:84251 On 2015-10-26, Alan Browne wrote: > On 2015-10-25 18:55, Jolly Roger wrote: >> On 2015-10-25, Alan Browne wrote: >>> On 2015-10-25 12:51, Jolly Roger wrote: >>> >>>> Oh so because it works great here, my needs are meager... Right. >>> >>> Well obviously you're satisfied with the meagre presentation of traffic; >> >> Thankfully, that need is already fulfilled by my in-dash navigation >> system, which doesn't require me using my phone. : ) > > Actually talking about the Mac OS X Maps app. When planning a trip into > or around the city, the Google traffic data is richer and far more > informative. I've got them side by side. At a glance, it seems the main difference is Apple Maps doesn't display green lines when traffic is fast. Google Maps does, which gives the appearance of more lines, but really isn't all that more useful, IMO. "Less is better" is right in this regard, IMO. What else is richer and more informative? >>> the meagre (inexistent) ability to edit a route by simply dragging part >>> of the route to another road and the meagre starting of route planning. >> >> That's not something I have done more than a few times. If I want to get >> directions between two places, I typically specify them by name/address. >> And if I want to select an arbitrary place, it's not hard to specify a >> location nearby rather than dropping a pin. It's just not a show stopper >> for me. I understand it is for you, and that's fine. I just disagree >> with your broad statement claiming Apple Maps is useless when that's not >> the case for others. > > I don't believe I claimed it was useless. Just less usable. You said the only useful feature of Apple Maps was iOS integration. I disagree with your opinion, which is the point: you don't speak for everyone. -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR