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When I was still in Connecticut, google maps for some reason moved my house to a street off of mine. I would watch people drive by, turn onto the other street, and the turn around and come back down the hill. I would have to wave them down. A friend living 20 miles away said her house was mis-mapped, too.
I drove from CT to South Carolina to visit siblings, and then across the country to Arizona. I used Apple Maps and had no problems.
When I was still in Connecticut, google maps for some reason moved my house to a street off of mine. I would watch people drive by, turn onto the other street, and the turn around and come back down the hill. I would have to wave them down. A friend living 20 miles away said her house was mis-mapped, too.
I drove from CT to South Carolina to visit siblings, and then across the country to Arizona. I used Apple Maps and had no problems.
I'm in CT and my house was mismapped for awhile too! I had a roofer coming to give me a quote and my actual house was completely different than the one he looked up. I kind of liked being anonymous for those few years.
To the OP the one thing to keep in mind is if you will have cell service. If you don't and you're in the middle of a trip, the phone should still work. But if you go off route or try to start a new one, you won't be able to without service.
I like Waze more than Google or Apple maps. I think Google bought Waze? For long distances I'd still recommend a paper map. You never know when cell service will be spotty or nonexistent.
Yes Google bought Waze and incorporated their data into the Google Map data so it doesn't really matter which you use now. I used to use Waze but switched to Google Maps.
Yes Google bought Waze and incorporated their data into the Google Map data so it doesn't really matter which you use now. I used to use Waze but switched to Google Maps.
I don't believe thats accurate. Google acquired waze in 2013, but they ran them independently. As recently as last month, a new home we built was mapped in waze, but not Google. And user sourced data has always been separate in the two. Google added this feature a year or so ago, but its completely independent of data from waze.
Google just recently announced they would combine maps and waze teams, which is somewhat of a concern depending on who you ask.
Yes Google bought Waze and incorporated their data into the Google Map data so it doesn't really matter which you use now. I used to use Waze but switched to Google Maps.
I use Google maps and added Waze a couple of years ago, so Waze will jump in with their alerts. So they're both running somehow. And I love it.
I do lots of road trips and will plan different routes on the computer at home before I leave. To make sure the program takes me the way I want to go, I'll make a list of cities I plan to go through versus just the end location, then navigate to each one on my list.
As a business owner, I updated google maps when we moved our store, but kept getting complaints that people were getting directed to our old location. Turns out they were using Apple maps. In general, I just think most businesses keep their Google info current but may not think about updating on Apple.
I don't believe thats accurate. Google acquired waze in 2013, but they ran them independently. As recently as last month, a new home we built was mapped in waze, but not Google. And user sourced data has always been separate in the two. Google added this feature a year or so ago, but its completely independent of data from waze.
Google just recently announced they would combine maps and waze teams, which is somewhat of a concern depending on who you ask.
They have been sharing crowd sourced and traffic data since 2013. At this time they still do not share maps or routing algorithms. With them combining the teams however, it sounds like Waze is about to finally just be rolled up into google and they will essentially be the same app in the near future.
I've travelled across the US several times, for months at a time.
Every morning, I look at the paper map to understand where I'm going and what I'll see along the way. I set the route in my head so I know the general directions.
I then put the destination into Google Maps and compare the Google trip with my version from the paper map.
I find that google is very good, but sometimes I just want to detour off the "most efficient" or "fastest" or "shortest" route.
Always important to know whether the destination or the journey is most important to you.
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