This seriously simply "depends"; there are a ton of people discussing this issue in different locations on an r/apple thread on reddit called "Apple maps in iOS 6 is useless if you live in small countries/cities".

http://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/1013ha/apple_maps_in_...

Some people, such as a few specifically living in New Zealand and Belgium, are reporting reasonably similar quality to Google Maps. However, many are not:

"I live in Oslo, the capital of Norway. The quality of the maps are so bad that I spent an hour or so just laughing."

"Here in The Netherlands the maps app isn't providing any useful information on landmarks, shops, hospitals.. etc. heck, even Amsterdam Central Station isn't mentioned."

"I live in Torshavn - The Faroe Islands." <- the guy who started the thread with this image -> http://i.imgur.com/7ZI66.jpg

"India :("

The old Maps lacks bicycle directions. I grit my teeth and use it anyway, since bicycle directions are only, say, 20% of what I need maps for, and I can usually kind of guess about bike routes.

But the new Maps lacks both bicycle AND transit directions, which means it only does, maybe 50% of what I need it for. It's basically only good for seeing where things are and where I am. It's basically useless for me for routing. No way I'm "upgrading".

Man, I miss the Maps app on Android. It even told me when I had to leave the house to make a specific bus.

Actually, in many places in Europe Google transit directions were non-existent or useless, and apps providing similar or better functionality are very common.

* Netherlands -> 9292

* Poland -> JakDojadę + Bilkom

* Zurich -> Wemlin + SBB Mobile

* In Germany I only know the trains one, which would be DB Navigator (for some reason separate from DB Tickets).

I can hear a lot of people complaining on twitter. My friends who use iPhone are really regretting upgrading to iOS6 (we are in India). Two of them have also started considering buying android phones just for the maps.

They are "sh*t" in Turkey. Just cloning OpenStreetMaps does not give them a good Point-of-Interests (POI) database. They don't have any hospitals, post offices, stop buses, subways etc.