iOS6 and Google Maps?

ChrisandPenney52 · Nov 28, 2012

I still haven't updated my iPod Touch to iOS6, as I use Google Maps a lot and I'm unsure about replacing them with the Apple equivalent.

Anyone regretting upgrading? What's the killer feature that I gain for giving up Google Maps?

I have a Touch, so no 3G or GPS, so I don't use it for real-time navigation, but I do use it to plan journeys

Chris

CaliforniaDAN · Nov 28, 2012

Apples maps app is not very good in my recent experience. I am about to download an app called copilot which has been recommended by others who have iPhones/Ipads. One recommended by the apple CEO is Waze i have the app but never used it so far.

Tayls · Nov 28, 2012

The map data is provided by TomTom so it should be ok really...

Ian

AndyFromTheBrac · Nov 28, 2012

I got an iPhone 5 so had no choice. Problem for me wasn't so much the map data (despite a 'Blackpool' appearing on the south coast & all that) but the associated business data, esp in UK. So looking for a campsite near Exeter returns far fewer results. The handy public transport schedules have gone too. Really backwards step. Hopefully they'll sort it for when I'm back in May! Voice turn by turn nav pretty good tho.

Phone folk get some more; Siri is a lot better and (ironically) has UK accents & content better sorted now. I can now ask my phone "whats on at the cinema" or "how did Man City do at the weekend" but that's hardly killer. Fatbook integration and camera/mail/phone enhancements are the rest. Bit of a disappointment really.

All the stuff here http://www.apple.com/uk/ios/whats-new/

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MKRW · Nov 28, 2012

Buy a Samsung Galaxy S....

Or for that matter any Android OS smart phone.

I use google maps every day and it keeps getting better. (Although I will say real time traffic data has got worst since all the iPhone / apple devices no longer use it). To me it looks like it will take Apple at least 12 months to improve......

ChrisandPenney52 · Nov 28, 2012

Thanks Andy - it's the UK business data that I think I'd miss.

NickE · Nov 28, 2012

Heads are still rolling at Apple over the maps "upgrade". This might mean the solution is not a quick/cheap/elegant (take your pick) fix.

KernowLad · Dec 10, 2012

I actually find the Apple maps thing okay. Vector graphics so little need for 3G, and it's got us there a few times1

nickstjt · Dec 13, 2012

Google just released Google Maps on iStore - it is free. Just installed it.
- Nick

CaliforniaDAN · Dec 13, 2012

Happy days are here again!

Google maps downloaded and apple maps now on the substitute's bench.

nickstjt · Dec 13, 2012

Yeah - I might be tempted to risk the iOS6 upgrade now.

As an aside, I was playing with street view in the new app and they must have re-photographed my road since I last looked as my Cali is now shown on my driveway, and I only bought it in May!
--Nick