Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!news-1.dfn.de!news.dfn.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Rod Speed" 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: Wed, 2 Jul 2014 06:58:08 +1000 Lines: 47 Message-ID: References: <300620140828195054%michelle@michelle.org> <300620141717482394%star@sky.net> <2014070108552732851-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="UTF-8"; reply-type=response Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net hwDj8PXoufvZtEHP5knODwMK3/Sr5KXzzbJmT8vNw1NVhDnaU= Cancel-Lock: sha1:WFPvqCa7KinvC35HtH65O7Jowik= In-Reply-To: <2014070108552732851-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom> X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Importance: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Windows Live Mail 14.0.8117.416 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V14.0.8117.416 Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:61635 comp.sys.mac.apps:23290 comp.mobile.ipad:37816 "Savageduck" wrote in message news:2014070108552732851-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom... > On 2014-07-01 15:39:09 +0000, Jolly Roger said: > >> On 2014-07-01, Rod Speed wrote: >>> >>> >>> "Jolly Roger" wrote in message >>> news:c1ejdqFpeceU1@mid.individual.net... >>>> On 2014-07-01, Ed Anson wrote: >>>>> >>>>> FWIW: Several months before Apple's map app came out, I reported an >>>>> error to Google. It still had not been fixed when the Apple app became >>>>> available, and IT got it right. After a little more checking, I >>>>> switched >>>>> and haven't looked back since. >>>> >>>> Thanks for that anecdote. I've seen errors in Google Maps over the >>>> years >>>> as well. I am sure there are plenty of examples of long-standing flaws >>>> in Google's data. Logic dictates that in this fast-paced, ever-changing >>>> world, there is likely no such thing as an error-free map. >>>> >>>> Likewise, I switched to Apple's Maps as soon as it was released, and >>>> have found it roughly similar to Google Maps in terms of map quality >>>> for >>>> the areas and cities I frequent - so similar, I can't recall the last >>>> time I opened Google Maps on my iPhone. >>> >>> I prefer google maps for the street view. >> >> I find Street View to be largely unnecessary. So Apple Maps will do just >> fine, thanks. > > Street View is useless if you are driving and don't have a navigator in > the passenger seat. Wrong. I am normally in that situation and just look at the street view when I setup the destination in the mapper. And if iOS would let you specify which mapper Siri uses with the Go To command, and let you tell it to show the street view as well, it would work fine when driving with no passenger too.