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Apple Maps Has Surpassed Google Maps in Detail in 3.1 Percent of the US (theverge.com)

Posted by msmash on from the marching-forward dept.

An anonymous reader shares a report: iOS 12 began the rollout of Apple Maps' long-awaited redesign, which will deliver maps with far more detail using data collected by Apple directly. The updated maps currently only cover around 3.1 percent of the USA, focused around Northern California, but already some interesting differences are starting to emerge between Apple's maps and those that Google uses for its own navigation software. The differences are documented in excruciatingly fine detail in a post by digital cartography blogger Justin O'Beirne. The good news for Apple is that the sheer amount of natural cartographical detail its map contains far outstrips what Google currently offers. Vegetation detail is a particular highlight, with Apple's maps even showing grass between two lanes of a highway, or around the borders of individual houses.

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  1. well then by cascadingstylesheet · · Score: 5, Funny

    Vegetation detail is a particular highlight, with Apple's maps even showing grass between two lanes of a highway, or around the borders of individual houses.

    I guess next time I'm looking for exceptionally grassy highway medians, I'll buy an Apple device.

    1. Re:well then by angel'o'sphere · · Score: 1, Funny

      Those "exceptionally grassy highway medians" are exceptionally useful for emergency landings in small private planes.
      Just mentioning it.

      --
      Cost free eBook I read (by iBook/Kobo/Amazon/ObookO/Gutenberg etc.): "The Green Odyssey" by Philip Jose Farmer.
    2. Re:well then by hey! · · Score: 5, Funny

      I guess next time I'm looking for exceptionally grassy highway medians, I'll buy an Apple device.

      I've always suspected Apple fanbois were sheep...

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      Post may contain irony: discontinue use if experiencing mood swings, nausea or elevated blood pressure.
  2. My map better than Google or Apple in 0.000001% by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    My own picture map is better for my own house than either Google or Apple. Can I get an article too?

  3. Summer or Winter? by xxxJonBoyxxx · · Score: 3, Funny

    >> Apple's maps even showing grass

    I hope they do a full refresh at least once a month, otherwise, their pictures of my green grass or leafy trees aren't going to match seasonal reality. If accuracy is a serious goal, that is.

  4. Re:The other 96.9%... by dstyle5 · · Score: 4, Funny

    It is just natural selection kicking in.

    Timmy: "But my phone said to drive off the cliff, so I did of course."

    Doctor: "Unfortunately you survived, Timmy."