Lee, Oh, I knew you were not ragging on Apple’s maps, I certainly didn’t take it as such, I only wanted to polish the Apple image a bit compared to the news program of the horror the young lady getting totally lost via Google. I guess my dislike for the way the company operates is obvious…
John > On Oct 16, 2018, at 10:41 AM, Lee Larson <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Oct 15, 2018, at 11:33 PM, [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> wrote: > >> As far as maps, I know I must be missing something but for my needs Apple’s >> Maps have not failed…maybe no street view, but what I’ve needed is to get >> from point A to point B…if you remember, it was 60 minutes, 20/20 or one of >> the other news stations that featured Google maps in a long story about this >> young girl that followed Google Maps to end up lost in the desert, out of >> gas. > > I was not attacking Apple maps. I was merely pointing out that DuckDuckGo > doesn’t have anything comparable to the maps from Google. For my purposes, I > switch between the three different navigation programs: Google, Apple and > Waze. (Google owns Waze.) > > Google and Waze have better current traffic information, probably because > that’s what Waze was made to do. Google also has bicycle routes, which I use > quite a bit when bicycling in cities away from home. > > Apple is easy to use on the go because of Siri. It also seems to have a > cleaner look. > > L^2 > > PS/ Apple maps has a little mistake that I’ve reported to them several times > to no avail. > > When I was small, we lived on Horseshoe Lake Circle near Negaunee, Michigan. > If you search for this in Apple maps, you’ll see the horseshoe-shaped lake > near there is called, by Apple maps, Morgan Pond. It’s actually Horseshoe > Lake. > > Morgan Pond is several miles to the east. The pond is on the map, but is not > named. You can see it by using the search “Morgan Creek Negaunee Michigan.” > You can see a creek clearly labeled Morgan Creek flowing into the unnamed > pond. > > --- > Lee Larson > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > > I cannot live without brain-work. What else is there to live for? — > Sherlock Holmes, > > The Sign of Four > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > Posting address: [email protected] > Archive: > <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.mail-2Darchive.com_macgroup-40erdos.math.louisville.edu_&d=DwIFaQ&c=OAG1LQNACBDguGvBeNj18Swhr9TMTjS-x4O_KuapPgY&r=F2GFXrjLFqVo3VwvIlo_XYeEiRRjHv15rxcenz7A21woG2aFGcrzndoSsskxfmOs&m=hvztXvQP3nZzB6g2iaOmBOfE9970FQIKGCcJAZ5CM2Q&s=udgqhFw9C6Bd1zi375oDua1Z48HkNHlAUfQwT2jHGMY&e=> > Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/>
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