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Re:Apple is rebuilding Maps from the ground up by EpicEng on Friday June 29, 2018 @12:32PM (#17425511)
>if only for the tighter integration with the OS itself and reportedly better battery life.

So, gmaps is more accurate and overall better in execution, but you recommend an inferior product because of OS integration and battery usage? Makes no sense to me. The number one priority is getting the best directions to where you want to go.

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Re:Apple is rebuilding Maps from the ground up by toasterlovin on Saturday June 30, 2018 @12:17AM (#17429452)
The google UI paradigm is utterly bewildering and foreign to me. I would probably give Google Maps a chance, but every time I open it, I feel lost. When the maps are good enough, the other stuff matters.
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Re:Apple is rebuilding Maps from the ground up by EpicEng on Saturday June 30, 2018 @03:24PM (#17432319)
I suppose I just don't understand that at all. I open it, enter an address, and it takes me there. Every time.
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Re:Apple is rebuilding Maps from the ground up by toasterlovin on Monday July 02, 2018 @02:33PM (#17444258)
The Google Maps app doesn't follow any of the iOS UI paradigms, so any time I want to do anything beyond what you described (like transit directions, bike directions, etc), I have have a hard time figuring out how to do that.
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