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Title: Heads Up - Google Maps for iPhone app released
Post by: Lone_Par on December 13, 2012, 03:19:31 pm
Folks may or may not be aware but you can now download google maps for the iPhone. Was released yesterday.
Title: Re: Heads Up - Google Maps for iPhone app released
Post by: Deako on December 13, 2012, 03:35:42 pm
Downloaded first thing this morning. Seems ok. Havent tried out the Nav yet.
Title: Re: Heads Up - Google Maps for iPhone app released
Post by: sub39h on December 13, 2012, 06:14:03 pm
i don't think apple maps is all that bad. but i use it for guidance, i usually have looked up vaguely where i'm headed first
Title: Re: Heads Up - Google Maps for iPhone app released
Post by: Lone_Par on December 13, 2012, 06:18:02 pm
Me neither but Google maps has more to it.

I kinda laugh when I hear people complain about how apple maps doesn't provide them with bus routes or that their iPhones alarm made them late for work/a flight etc. technology is good but some people, usually the Shermans, are far too dependant on it!
Title: Re: Heads Up - Google Maps for iPhone app released
Post by: Oli on December 13, 2012, 06:55:12 pm
Neither of my businesses were on apple maps!!!  Ill be glad to have google maps back
Title: Re: Heads Up - Google Maps for iPhone app released
Post by: Baz300 on December 13, 2012, 07:00:58 pm
Neither of my businesses were on apple maps!!!  Ill be glad to have google maps back

They probably are on the map but a different location :laugh:

A few local shops in the village I live in we're on the map 5 miles away in another town.

Siri is just as bad I asked where the nearest pub was from my house and he told me the nearest one was 12 miles away
Nearest one was less than a mile away

Asked where the nearest tesco was when I was inside tesco and it told my it was 18 miles away :happy2:

Thanks for the heads up for google maps :happy2:
Title: Re: Heads Up - Google Maps for iPhone app released
Post by: v2brett on December 15, 2012, 12:09:28 am
apple maps didnt work for me either, my local shop had the name it had over 7 years ago and was a petrol station? (its a small local shop) and manchester which is 70 miles west from my house is on the maps east wards???

google maps downloaded   :happy2:
Title: Re: Heads Up - Google Maps for iPhone app released
Post by: rich83 on December 15, 2012, 12:10:34 am
 :pomppomp: :pomppomp: :pomppomp:
Title: Re: Heads Up - Google Maps for iPhone app released
Post by: Lone_Par on December 15, 2012, 12:25:01 am
Used the nav for the usual run today. Was fine I suppose but did find there was a slight lag between me making a turn and the nav telling me to!

Think ill stick with tomtom for iPhone.