Re:Apple said to be talking to Foursquare for maps data
by cadab on Tuesday December 18, 2012 @04:25AM
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As a 4sq user in the UK, the data is obviously better in the bigger cities, but the vast majority of restaurants/shops/entertainment places in the smaller towns is present, maybe with just less tips/ratings.
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Re:Apple said to be talking to Foursquare for maps data
by willyt on Tuesday December 18, 2012 @06:19AM
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Well the POI data is even worse than Apple's where I am in the UK. Of about 20 shops on the high street, 1 is in the correct location 4 are shown in totally the wrong location but in the town and the rest don't show up at all. On the other hand the map background data foursquare are using is from mapbox.com and its very good; much better than apple has and even better than google with much more local details, like footpaths, that google doesn't have.