Petition Google for iOS Maps

Re:Petition Google for iOS Maps by kevinflo on Thursday September 20, 2012 @04:24AM (#4547605)

Am I the only one that finds the new maps to be functionally superior? To me it seems like basically the same thing but with yelp reviews baked in, turn-by-turn added, and a much better bookmarking interface. It is a bit ugly and it lacks public transit directions, but I don't really understand the fuss.

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Re:Petition Google for iOS Maps by redbad on Thursday September 20, 2012 @05:16AM (#4547740)

    > it lacks public transit directions

I would say 50% of my phone-in-hand time is (was) spent in Maps, and 50% of that time was spent navigating with public transit. This is a huge, huge problem.

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Re:Petition Google for iOS Maps by prof_hobart on Thursday September 20, 2012 @07:00AM (#4547930)

Maybe the Yelp reviews are better where you are, but around me (Nottingham, UK), I'm reasonably sure that half the businesses listed near me don't even exist - I'm pretty confident that I would have noticed the restaurant that it claims is being run three doors down from me in an entirely residential street for example.

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