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Re:Google Maps is about to get a lot more ads by joeblau on Wednesday May 25, 2016 @09:36AM (#11769625)
That's actually the tradeoff I'm making. The street I live on isn't even in Apple maps (I've filed a ticket), but I'm willing to use it for that tradeoff. Google is definitely collecting way more information and seems to be able to create higher quality maps a lot faster, but there is the trade off of being inundated with ads.
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Re:Google Maps is about to get a lot more ads by johneth on Wednesday May 25, 2016 @09:47AM (#11769706)
Is your street on OpenStreetMap? As I understand it, Apple takes OSM data, so if it's not currently on OpenStreetMap, you could add it.
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Re:Google Maps is about to get a lot more ads by Doctor_Fegg on Wednesday May 25, 2016 @10:27AM (#11769973)
Apple uses OSM data in a few countries, but for most of the developed world I believe they use TomTom data (formerly TeleAtlas).
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