Google Maps

You are misinformed. Apple had one more year of the contract left.

Instead of using it to release a Beta, followed by a working app within the next year, Apple chose to **** it's loyal customers with a half baked, dysfunctional product.

http://macdailynews.com/2012/09/26/apple-had-more-than-a-year-left-on-google-map s-contract-sent-google-scrambling-to-build-ios-app/

Many more like this - you can search by yourself.

I'm off to sleep

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No you are misinformed. It doesn't matter if apple had a year or 5 years left. The problem is that google would not allow voice turn by turn which is the only thing that makes the app worth anything now. I never used it before because it was useless without voice guided turn by turn. I am not being a fan boy but you are being a fandroid so stop spreading lies.

http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2012/09/27/voice-navigation-killed-apple-google-maps -talks/

Also your link was in error because the Google CEO said in Japan that Google is not developing an app and this story says they are scrambling to build one. Also where is the proof that they had one more year left?

I think apple maps is really baaaad!

Apple please go back to google maps!!!!

Is it not better if the whole world contributes in making one great map instead of several half bad maps??

I am very dissapointed in apple for this map thing.

google only licensed the maps api. there is one year left on current license.

apple refused to relicense it, but could still have let ios users have it for another year.

google navigation (turn by turn map navigation) is a seperate app from google maps (even on android)

google said navigation is only for android, and was never part of the deal for apple, and would not be in future.

apple got mad, and thought they were screwing google by dropping the maps app that they paid millions of dollars to license, early, but all they did is screw themselves and their users. (apple's 'it just works', is now ' it just doesnt work anymore')

Apple didn't screw anyone. There are tons of navigation/mapping apps in the app store. Take your pick on which one you want. Google isn't the only option but for a bunch of whiners here it seems like they think it is.

Also again for the 1,000,000 th time. There never was a google maps app on the iphone. It was always an apple app that used google data.

it was the google maps api that existed on the ios devices. since you dont know what that is, i will tell you-

'application programing interface' apple used the google maps, and the google maps programmimg interface, and merely veneered it

its like home alarm systems, vivint/apx and many others use licensed 2gig go!control alarm systems, and merely' veneer it with their name and small modifications. that is what apple did with the google maps api.

it was for all purposes google maps on ios slightly modified

it's not that people skip over it. You offer valid points, and valid solutions.

HOWEVER:

While ios6 offers features that could be considered improvements based on the previous versions of the os, I would hesitate to call it an upgrade. There are too many unresolved issues in this os release to call it finished, and apple will, in true apple form, wait a ridiculous amount of time to patch these major issues claiming they need to "do it right". Well, if they had done it right the first time, and paid more attention to issues popping up in alpha and beta testing...ESPECIALLY after dropping google (referring to this issue in particular), then the number of angry customer comments wouldn't be nearly as overwhelming. Sure, there are always going to be bugs as in any software, but there's a difference between a bug, and leaving things out with the hopes that people will spend money on apps that they shouldn't have to! software glitches aside, this is nothing more than a marketing ploy. There is no reason why apple, with all its resources, couldn't have been organized enough to think that maybe they should try to focus on the streamlined design that they always pride themselves on in both their hardware and software, and found a solution that was INCLUDED in the maps app. To have public transit listed as an option and to then say to PAYING customers "oops! sorry, we don't do that, you need to find some other way because we can't be bothered." I don't want to have to sift through a heirarchy of apps or bookmarks just to figure out when my bus leaves in the morning, because that's not what I paid for! Also, this feature WORKED for me a week ago, and is now gone. Again, this just tells me that it's not a technology issue, and it's not a bug in the os. It's just apple being apple stringing us along until they launch an update that may or may not fix the issue. This is apple shooting itself in the foot for dropping google before being anywhere close to compensate for no longer having google to back the maps app.

I have the new iPad and it is a fantastic device but now it keeps asking me to upgrade to io6. I can't do that as google maps is critical to the device and by all accounts apple maps is simply nowhere good enough.

either google maps app will be released for io6 or I will not upgrade.

P.S.

I find it really annoying that apple presented their new 'apple maps' as brilliant upgrade on their iphone5, knowing full well that it was a substandard app.

Apple, this is not good enough.

Have you even tried the new apple maps app? I can tell most of you are just jumping on the bandwagon and beating this dead horse. I have used it several times and haven't had an issue with it. The old apple maps app did not have voice turn by turn which is something I and a lot of others have wanted for a long time. The old apple maps app sucked big time but the new one is 1000% better. Again there are tons of mapping apps in the app store and street view is a non issue soon because the web version will be out soon as Google has said they will do that with their web app so all you complainig about no street view will have it again. I am not the only one that likes the new app but the only one speaking up about it. Too many complainers here that can't or won't take change. Deal with it because apple is not going back to google maps. You can complain all you want but it is not going to make a bit of difference. If you don't like it then get rid of your apple device and get a crappy android device.

"Have you even tried the new apple maps app? Too many complainers here that can't or won't take change. "

Looks like in your opinion, the thousands of Apple users who are posting their angst on different threads here and in forums all over the Internet don't know how to use the Apple Maps app and I suppose, in your opinion, the thousands of articles worldwide in all classes of publications talking about how poor this product is are all in error and written by people who again don't know how to use a Maps App.

Instead of being the only guy "speaking up about it", I recommend that you run a training class or publish a training course on how to use Apple Maps, as so many people seem to need it. You will make millions - no?

How will training make the map better and satelite images sharper ?

is there an email address for feedback? i can't find one.

Careful what you post here - Apple get very shirty and have spent all day removing my posts...!

Seems the last one didn't last long!! 😝

All I did was point out that we are a small business that relied heavily on the Maps App and it's integration to contacts and calendar especially using iCloud

That reliance changed overnight on the 'iOS upgrade' to iOS 6.

Our business has effectively come to a halt since because the Map accuracy and data are so dire.

We're having to work on emergency solutions using an Android platform to try and salvage what we can from the mess.

This change threatens to put us out of business, and is costing us money every day..

My distress was not directed at the useless and non-functioning Apple maps application, but more at the refusal of Apple to allow those who have in good faith upgraded to iOS 6 to downgrade back to the functional map version that they originally purchased..

I merely correctly pointed out that this is both a breach of the UK Trade descriptions act, and a breach of consumer law.

I wonder how long this post lasts....

KC7GNM - I understand everything in life is now rosy for you - but how about some technical support for allowing users like us who need to restore functionality to our purchased product?

Apple Maps doesn't work yet. Period.

(I'm not in the middle of San Francisco or even in the US - and compared to the prior App - believe me Apple Maps isn't even worth a Beta tag..)

Until then, at least allow us to use the devices we bought.

Apple needs to allow us to downgrade the software to iOS5.1.1 until there is something that actually works.

That's the issue that is killing our family business.

Any chance of a technical solution?

Hello

Instead of critisining all the new APPS MAPS , try to find a solution

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