Originally Posted by Zack06:
“Are you seriously going to do this? :sleep: Google Maps has far far far far superior map information. It knows where all the towns are in the UK for a start lmao. Then there's street view which Apple Maps doesn't have, arguably a killer feature, then there's the offline caching. With Google Maps you can choose which areas you want to save. With Apple Maps it only pre-caches a predetermined area. So useful.”
Which has been my argument against both for a while now.
Irrespective of the qualities of both applications - and Google maps also has a notorious reputation in this area for getting one way streets listed the wrong way round and sending vehicles down inaccessible narrow roads.
In a real world use you use a map app to either get you somewhere you don't know - in which case you can pre load.
However if you are somewhere you don't know, there isn't any 3G signal - or a road is closed and you have to find a diversion - common in country areas which is more than likely not to have 3G - both Google Maps and Apple Maps - pretty useless.
Hence on my mobile device I have TomTom. I certainly wouldn't use a tablet - too big to hold when walking or to fit onto a windscreen.
As for street view on a portable device - if I'm being diverted off a motorway because of an accident - knowing what the motorway I'm already on looks like is pretty pointless.
Hence in the years of owning a smart phone / device I have neither used Google - nor will I use the Apple variant.