{"id":18061,"date":"2017-05-31T14:59:54","date_gmt":"2017-05-31T18:59:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=18061"},"modified":"2017-05-31T14:59:54","modified_gmt":"2017-05-31T18:59:54","slug":"a-year-of-google-maps-apple-maps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2017\/05\/31\/a-year-of-google-maps-apple-maps\/","title":{"rendered":"A Year of Google Maps & Apple Maps"},"content":{"rendered":"

Justin O’Beirne<\/a> (Hacker News<\/a>):<\/p>\n

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According to Google Analytics, that essay has received more than 1,000 hits from computers on Apple’s corporate network, mainly Apple’s Sunnyvale and Cupertino campuses. Yet nearly a year later, Patricia’s Green<\/em> still isn’t green.<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

Google has distinct locations for each. But Apple plots them at the same location... […] ...and as the months pass by, Apple cycles through all three – padding our addition\/removal counts[…]<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

Speaking of place labels, did you notice that halfway through the year, Google’s changed in appearance?<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

And in addition to the color changes, Google also flattened the map – eliminating the coastline dropshadows it had added just a couple years ago and removing most of the road casings[…]<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

And speaking of places, Google has also been increasing the variety of places it shows.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Nick Heer<\/a>:<\/p>\n

I hope Apple’s on-the-ground data collection<\/a> indicates that they’re pushing for a big improvement soon. But, while they may be working really hard, Google’s designers and engineers aren’t twiddling their thumbs either, and Google is starting with a much stronger base. This article is so good that Apple could almost use it as a todo list. And they probably should.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

O’Beirne was<\/a> apparently<\/a> the “Head of Cartography” at Apple<\/a>, but given this essay and the one last year<\/a>, it sounds like he no longer works there.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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