Title: Apple Maps vs. Google Maps: A year in analysis Post by: HCK on May 30, 2017, 04:05:21 pm Apple Maps vs. Google Maps: A year in analysis
Apple is constantly working on maps but, when you look at this incredibly detailed analysis by Justin O'Beirne, Google is racing. Over the course of a year, Google quietly turned its map inside-out – transforming it from a road map into a place map. A year ago, the roads were the most prominent part of the map – the thing you noticed first. Now, the places are. And: In our Comparison last year, we found that Apple generally showed a greater variety of places than Google: But look what happens when we resurvey Google a year later: It's quite a difference – and Google's mix is now much closer to Apple's. And: Speaking of Apple... while Google has been making all those changes, what has Apple been up to? After all, Apple announced an "all-new design" for Apple Maps just weeks before Google's Summer redesign. Let's take a look at how Apple looked a year ago, before it released its new design: And now let's see how it looks today: ... Source: Apple Maps vs. Google Maps: A year in analysis (http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheIphoneBlog/~3/ZSHbgXY_P6I/apple-maps-vs-google-maps-year-analysis) |