Ditto. Generally had a good time with it, even on a 4 without the voice etc. The basic turn by turn I get is still really useful.
I do wonder in this debacle, if Apple have bought old data though? I'm missing lots of POIs and post codes! On Monday, October 15, 2012 7:16:15 AM UTC+1, Russell Brown wrote: > > Yes, agree. I've downloaded the yelp app so I can add to the POI database > if I feel the need. > > Sent from a device of some kind > > On 14 Oct 2012, at 23:23, Tony Crooks <[email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: > > Today I’ve had my first chance to try the iOS 6 Maps app for directions in > a journey from Eastbourne to Southampton, and then on from there to > Bournemouth. I was quite impressed. Here’s why. > > Route Selection - not a difficult task in this case. It gave me three > alternatives but Route 1 was the one I’d have worked out for myself. > > Turn-by-turn Directions - these are very clear and I didn’t notice any lag > such that we didn’t get any late directions after a turning had been passed > by. > > Audio - Standard British male voice. As Maps is using text-to-speech > translation you do get odd place name pronunciation, such as ‘Pollygate’ > for Polegate and ‘Burr - ne- muth’ for Bournemouth. But these were the only > two oddities I noticed all day. > > Graphics - surprisingly clear, especially for complex junctions and > roundabouts. Using an iPad these were very easy to read (so my wife said > and she has trouble with paper maps) with no ambiguity. > > Accuracy - It got me to within 4 houses at my destinations ( for example, > announcing arrival at 30-36 Lowther Road when I was actually going to > number 38). Places seemed to be where they actually are - a frequent > adverse comment that’s been amplified loudly. > > Journey Time - For me the estimated journey times worked out to be close > to what we achieved given that the roads were not particularly busy and > being Sunday there was little commercial traffic. > > I will need to give the Maps app more of an airing as a route planner and > satnav app. But on today’s journey it was as good as the satnav app I’ve > been using since the iPhone 3 came out, and that has been updated countless > times. > > Satellite imagery needs a lot of work for the UK, as does the accuracy of > places of interest. The basics seem to work fine for me and today gave me > confidence to use it regularly. Your mileage may vary, of course! > > > Regards, > > Tony > -- > Tony Crooks > ---------------------------------- > 53 Mendip Avenue • Eastbourne • BN23 8HP > Mob: 07428706227 > Tel: 01323-460789 > <mailto: [email protected] <javascript:>> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]<javascript:> > . > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<javascript:> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/smug/-/dj4fiCyXh9AJ. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB.
