Direct maps comparison: google, navigon, new apple

[sekker]

I just finished an interesting mapping trip here in MN.

Started with google maps on the computer, got the same cross country recommendation I used this summer.

Turned on Apple maps on this iPad running iOS 6, only showed what are alt routes via google maps.

Checked navigon, showed the same routes as Apple (interstate only).

Figured it was Apple maps' crappy coverage, and I had taken the scenic route this summer (ignoring the navigon result).

Result: the route from google maps was closed with two major detours!

Used apple maps and turn by turn on the way back - much easier to use than navigon and worked great.

Right now, my experience directly comparing the two contenders is Apple maps 2, google maps 0.

At least in MN, Apple maps was an upgrade.

[(vikm)]

It was an upgrade in many places (and completely messed up in some), but reporting that isn't nearly as good of a news story.

[chopper]

Sounds like you got lucky there. Trying to product or follow MN road construction is impossible much of the time. Is the Hastings Bridge open now? Or is the bridge still in the water? My nav said the bride was closed the other night and they had just re-opened it.

[cbelt3]

:booty: your nav knows how receptive your bride is every night ? :woot:

HOW did you do that ????? ::o

[C(-)ris]

I was Apple 3 - Google 0 until I tried to go to the U of M. Then it was Apple 3- Google 6. Then I tried to go to a farm in Princeton and it was Apple 3 - Google 6 and Gas station attendant 1.

[vision63]

Before gps we were just driving around in circles.

[the_poochies]

Try checking traffic on Apple Maps and comparing it with Google. If you're sitting in traffic because Apple's traffic data is virtually nonexistent, the score should be Apple 0 mph, Google 65 mph.

[C(-)ris]

vision63 wrote:
Before gps we were just driving around in circles.

Before GPS Ihad to print out maps and driving directions before I left and plan out the route to take. Deviating from the route was tough and required stopping and pulling out maps.

[vision63]

C(-)ris wrote:
[quote=vision63]
Before gps we were just driving around in circles.

Before GPS Ihad to print out maps and driving directions before I left and plan out the route to take. Deviating from the route was tough and required stopping and pulling out maps.
But somehow you made it. Probably 95 percent of the time, you already knew how to get there.

[C(-)ris]

vision63 wrote:
[quote=C(-)ris]
[quote=vision63]
Before gps we were just driving around in circles.

Before GPS Ihad to print out maps and driving directions before I left and plan out the route to take. Deviating from the route was tough and required stopping and pulling out maps.
But somehow you made it. Probably 95 percent of the time, you already knew how to get there.
Eh, I do service calls all over the metro area. I probably know exactly how to get somewhere about 25 to 45% of the time. I have a general idea probably 50 to 70% of the time.

It is about the speed and ease of use. I bought an iPhone when they first came out as soon as I realized how much simpler it could make my life. I see my calendar with lists of calls and addresses to go to, it interfaces with the maps app to tell me how to get there. I can add my mileage information and expenses right into it. It greatly increased my productivity.

Key words are "Increased my productivity". Any new technology should be a help, not a hindrance. I don't upgrade or buy new things to work slower. The expectation is that it works better and helps increase productivity further.

The new Maps doesn't do that.