Yes, I have used Apple Maps and there are areas where it is excellent, though no pedestrian turn-by-turn navigation. Then there are those areas where it is way off. >From my office to home it is spot on, and I have never had a GPS app that could recalculate so quickly.
However, we were going to down town Portland to pick up a friend after work and fortunately, I knew about where the building was. It was an address on SW 5th Ave. Apple Maps thought that address would be between Everett and Flanders, which is Northwest not Southwest. Also,, part of Portland made it on the national news when Apple Maps came out because a very large portion of East Portland into Gresham shows up as an extremely large park. So, if you happen to be in an area where the map data is good, it is a fine app. I would not count on it in unfamiliar territory though, which kind of defeats the purpose of a GPS system. Richard -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mary Otten Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2013 5:53 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Summary of Seeing Eye app presentation at CSUN Richard, Have you tried the apple maps? I've heard some people say that they have no issue with Apple maps. I guess it just depends on the luck of the draw, rather like Navigon and what it does with Portland. Mary Mary Otten [email protected] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. To post to this group, send 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/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. To post to this group, send 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/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
