Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.albasani.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Jolly Roger Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system,comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.mobile.ipad,misc.phone.mobile.iphone Subject: Re: Apple updating its Maps with user corrections every day at 3 am Eastern Date: 1 Jul 2014 17:25:13 GMT Organization: People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates Lines: 33 Message-ID: References: <300620140828195054%michelle@michelle.org> <300620141717482394%star@sky.net> <010720141655106185%timstreater@greenbee.net> <010720141820343585%timstreater@greenbee.net> X-Trace: individual.net iQgZpIfWi3TEeZtSOXQf1gXaO7BnIa8ETDSqE8IV8crH4mrfvJ Cancel-Lock: sha1:8lkaHoFFJ4jlAx+Dx/e8SayABNg= 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:61626 comp.sys.mac.apps:23276 comp.mobile.ipad:37808 On 2014-07-01, Tim Streater wrote: > In article , Jolly Roger > wrote: > >> On 2014-07-01, Tim Streater wrote: >> > In article , Jolly Roger >> > wrote: >> > >> >> On 2014-07-01, Rod Speed wrote: >> >> > >> >> > I prefer google maps for the street view. >> >> >> >> I find Street View to be largely unnecessary. So Apple Maps will do just >> >> fine, thanks. >> > >> > I use street view all the time especially if I'm going to a meeting >> > somewhere I've not been before. Useful to see what the parking's like, >> > what the destination building's like, etc. >> >> I can see enough of the buildings and parking lots with satellite view >> for my purposes. > > The tops of, yes. But you aint gonna see what the building actually > looks like from satellite view. Or the environs. Not needed. As I said, I can see enough of the buildings and parking lots to get where I need to go. Street View is more of a novelty for me. -- 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