{"id":7986,"date":"2012-09-21T16:03:59","date_gmt":"2012-09-22T00:03:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/?p=7986"},"modified":"2012-09-29T10:21:29","modified_gmt":"2012-09-29T18:21:29","slug":"ios-maps-sucks-so-bad-im-writing-a-follow-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/2012\/09\/ios-maps-sucks-so-bad-im-writing-a-follow-up\/","title":{"rendered":"iOS6 maps sucks so bad, I’m writing a follow up."},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>So I played a bit more with the iphone 5, the real deal, not my emulator, and Maps is worse then I thought.\u00a0 So much that I thought I would bitch about it again.\u00a0 However, before I let lose the downvotes, let me say right off, the iphone 5 is fast! fast fast fast!\u00a0 I loaded this site perivision.net\/wordpress<\/a> and its faster then my home machine! Man!\u00a0 If it was not for maps I would buy this JUST for that speed.\u00a0 Caution though, part of why it fast is VERY aggressive caching, so much so its breaking certain features on some sites.\u00a0 Seems to be related to caching POST calls instead of just GET calls, but that is another post.. But low..\u00a0 Maps is the killer app for me and I use maps almost as much as I use the web browser. And until Google maps comes out, I’m holding back.\u00a0 Ok, here we go.<\/p>\n

I’m going to repeat some of the things I said in my first post; why iOS 6 maps is a disappointment<\/a>, but before I do, I want to repeat a point. When ever a new iphone is released, there tends to be an issue here and there.\u00a0 Antenna-gate, poor battery performance, crashing, etc..\u00a0 Also, new features tend to need a little help. Siri was not all the perfect in the beginning… when it worked.\u00a0 normally its pretty forgivable (except antenna-gate) because even though they almost never admit it, they tend to get things fixed.\u00a0 However, this time, they have not released something new, but instead replaced something that was working well with something that CLEARLY does not.<\/p>\n

Maps on the iphone was the killer app for me.\u00a0 It was like nothing I have ever seen before with my other smart phones (yes there were smart phones before Apple folks) but the beauty, speed and usefulness of Maps was mind blowing.\u00a0 Then came GPS, then directions including public transit and traffic.\u00a0 It was sweet.\u00a0 Life was good.\u00a0 Now its sucks.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>I’m not even going to start with the lost of public transport, it was there, now its gone.\u00a0 Done.\u00a0 No, its search that really bugs me.\u00a0 I use Google map search A LOT.\u00a0 And its very good. Not perfect, but very good.\u00a0 Now when I try a search, like ‘fast food’, I do not get a list of fast food places near me, but places that have ‘fast food’ in their review. Did you know Jamba Joice is fast food?\u00a0 Yup.\u00a0 Next time I’m going to try a burger via their drive through.\u00a0 Worse, its finding places that do not exist anymore, and sometimes gives you the wrong directions on how to get there.\u00a0 Really!\u00a0 How can you mess that up?<\/p>\n

Oh and traffic.\u00a0 Fu get a baw it.\u00a0 I do not like how cluttered Google maps is but at least I can get the traffic info when I need it.\u00a0 iOS6 maps?\u00a0 A dotted red line. That’s it.\u00a0 And not for all roads either.\u00a0 Nice.\u00a0 So not only cannot I not always find what I’m looking for, when I find it, IF I find it, it may not be there and I could get stuck in some serious traffic on the way.\u00a0 Great.<\/p>\n

I’m not the only one finding issue with iOS6 maps. There is even a tumbler <\/a>dedicated to the screw ups.<\/p>\n

Now Google is already working on, and most likely already finished with, their own map app.\u00a0 I’m looking forward to seeing this as well as a jailbreak that will make the Google maps app my default mapping application.\u00a0 But I would not be surprised if Apple decides to block it via non compete.<\/p>\n

The iPhone 5 is a nice phone.\u00a0 Its lite, the bigger screen looks odd but I’m sure I could get used to it, its SUPER fast, but I have no plans of getting one till mapping is sorted out.\u00a0 I just hope Apple does not do something duchbaggery like killing support for the original Google Maps.\u00a0 Hey, they might!\u00a0 You never know.\u00a0\u00a0 And you know, that could push me over to Android.<\/p>\n

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