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Re:Ask HN: What are some alternatives to Google maps? by vivekseth on Sunday September 30, 2018 @12:51PM (#18106948)
Apple Maps. I’ve been using it as my primary maps app for about an year and it’s been pretty good. I live in the bay area so YMMV if you live somewhere else.
Re:Ask HN: What are some alternatives to Google maps? by sddfd on Sunday September 30, 2018 @01:02PM (#18107015)
I've used the Apple Maps navigation during the last vacation in Spain (rental car did only support Apple car play), and the navigation desperately needs some love. The worst things are:

- no support for roundabouts: it's really hard to determine where you have to leave, and the spoken hints are not helping. Why not displaying a top view of the intersection/roundabout like other navigation devices do?

- no good support for leaving a highway. If the connection is non-standard the speech commands seem off/hard to understand. Top view again would help.

Re:Ask HN: What are some alternatives to Google maps? by Strongerpass on Sunday September 30, 2018 @01:55PM (#18107324)
I tried to use it some time ago and visiting another city. I followed directions and after a bunch of left/right suddenly it instructed me to "drive west". This was on a pretty big street and as far as I can tell Apple Maps knew my location properly. Pretty fun.
Re:Ask HN: What are some alternatives to Google maps? by rgovostes on Sunday September 30, 2018 @01:11PM (#18107078)
Not sure about the second, but the lane guidance icon does change to show a diagram of which exit to take, and you should also see the 2.5D map with a blue line showing the route on the actual map.
Re:Ask HN: What are some alternatives to Google maps? by vivekseth on Monday October 01, 2018 @02:44AM (#18110476)
Apple maps seems to have roundabout support in the Bay Area. Maybe they have not collected the data for Spain yet.
Re:Ask HN: What are some alternatives to Google maps? by harryf on Sunday September 30, 2018 @12:56PM (#18106971)
Unfortunately no public transport data in Switzerland in Apple Maps. Google Maps is hard to beat here
Re:Ask HN: What are some alternatives to Google maps? by ctpide on Sunday September 30, 2018 @01:12PM (#18107083)
This is still my primary reason to use GMaps - I wish they would prioritize Public Transport in Apple Maps - SBB even provides an API they could easily use to get any schedule they need as far as i know.