Comments on: How to Use Google Maps on iOS 6 Right Now

By: Jessica

Jessica — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 06:51:30 +0000

Yeah turn by turn might be great and all, but if it doesn’t find the place you are trying to go to, then it is a problem. And people seem to forget that Apple sells worldwide. So in my case (Japan) Apple maps is completely useless. It can’t even find my house -___- or major train stations.

By: Albert Ross

Albert Ross — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 11:06:39 +0000

What he said.

By: mig_akira

mig_akira — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 18:23:46 +0000

We can complain because we live in 2012, not in 2005. If Apple released their Apple Maps in 2005, then it would be ok to have so many errors.

Since it’s 2012, and Nokia Maps and Google Maps exist and are awesome, we can say that Apple Maps sucks and that we are paying for something that is worst than the competition.

If I were to release a social network today, and it’s filled with bugs, would you say that it’s unfair to compare it to Facebook? And would you use it, even with Facebook existing and being so much better?

By: Robin

Robin — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 21:55:32 +0000

Google Maps is my favorite app on iPhone and i am really worried about not getting it still. Apple should really consider bringing it back on track.

Rob.

By: nitesh

nitesh — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 06:01:52 +0000

hey can anyone let me know..how to use the google map on IOS 6.
iam getting problem in using it

By: johan r

johan r — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 12:08:50 +0000

“johan r says:
September 21, 2012 at 9:06 am
why not just go to googlemaps in safari on iPhone and save it to your homepage, works fine for me!!

hmfr..that was MY tip….

By: frin

frin — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 06:53:40 +0000

Cannot agree more with you.

I already reported the incorrect data I noticed so far, but knowing my past experience with Apple, they might just remove maps for my country completely, like they did localized keyboard.

It’s also ridiculous whoever processed the maps data (town names and such) has no computer experience whatsoever. I can see the problems with international characters showing wrong (incorrect encoding conversion).

Also I always found TomTom data (which Apple Maps use) to be the worst of all. I will forever miss Tele Atlas that Google Maps use.

By: Fesoj

Fesoj — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 05:11:06 +0000

In my area almost every business in Apple Maps is either completely incorrect and/or information long out of date, which is interesting because the photographs are fairly recent. All I know is, if it so wrong for my small area, how could I possibly trust it to lead me to areas I’m not familiar with i.e the whole point of a map.

By: Makka

Makka — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 14:54:49 +0000

Don’t you people remember how bad Google Maps was when it was introduced 7 years ago? Apple Maps has just been released, but Google Maps is already available for 7 years now. How can you ever compare a brand new product with a product that has been out for 7 years? If you want to compare, then compare Apple Maps with the status in which Google Maps was released years ago.

When Google Maps was released, there were so many errors. Roads and even complete villages were located in the sea. I’ve never complained about this, because I know it’s impossible to check all the whole world before you release something like Google Maps or Apple Maps. Do you know how big our planet is? You expect them to check every single square meter (or foot or whatever you use in your country) of the whole planet? That’s impossible. Checking every single street of a big city like New York takes so many time, it’s just impossible. So, how do you think they will be able to completely check the United States or the whole planet? That’s impossible. That’s why this work is done by computers and of course, a person is able to see something is wrong, but a computer isn’t. So, of course there are errors and should we complain about them? No, just like I’ve never complained about all those errors in Google Maps. Even today you can find a lot of errors in Google Maps, especially in regions with fjords and roads and cities close to the sea. Look at the fjords in Scandinavia and you’ll find roads going through water everywhere.

By: chris

chris — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 13:39:02 +0000

There is a better way to run web apps on iOS. Apple implemented a way to run web apps in fullscreen i.e removing the title and bookmarks bar but it is up to the website to implement it( its a simple header change).
There is a way to force it though, save to your bookmarks on your computer in safari(ios doesnt allow to bookmark javascript code) and when the bookmark appears on your ios device simply run run the bookmark and then save the site on your home screen,
I can confirm this works on the Google AND Nokia web maps

By: john t

john t — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 23:10:30 +0000

“If they didnt get NYC right, I’m not so sure they could handle th rest of the world. ”

Coz NYC is the centre of the universe.

By: iDeMi

iDeMi — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 20:14:10 +0000

Just a great tip!

By: Julian

Julian — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 16:00:36 +0000

When I used Google Maps, I would first enter my appointment on my laptop using my outlook calendar app, then that would be uploaded to my google account which would then send that info to all my devices, one of which was my iPad 3, using my iPad I would sit and watch the tv while using the link from a tap on the address of my appointment in Calendar which would open google maps, then I could plan my route from home and ap the pin to get the street view so that I could familiarise myself with the address.
I cannot do any of this any more, the powers that decided what I needed as a customer were not important and therefore, they took my tools away from me! This makes my £650 tablet, worth well, about the same as a Blackberry Playbook which I owned prior to my iPad.
I just wonder what goes on in these people’s heads, it’s true, they couldn’t give a toss, THEY don’t like Google so they took it away from us all.
This whole thing, what with seeing Samsung and then getting rid of Google has really pissed me off, it will be with great disappointment but I will be seriously considering getting rid of the iPad in favour of the Nexus 7 tablet.

By: Mark Evans

Mark Evans — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 15:20:10 +0000

THAT is a problem that gets zero attention but has a real impact. Apple, not (yet) being under regulatory constraints on behavior, locks customers into using Apple-specific apps, rather than allowing customers to choose default apps. Always complaining about MSFT (and not without reason), but never having to play by the same rules. Not that this post will change that, but some day enough people will finally get upset about this to force a change. As an AAPL shareholder I love Apple’s walled garden stocked with Apple veggies; as a consumer with several Macs and iDevices, grrrrrrr.

By: Mark Evans

Mark Evans — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 15:15:04 +0000

Clever post! Wish there was a ‘like’ button.