I completely agree, from the perspective of a VoiceOver user Apple Maps definitely seems to be a better bet, though I must say I've had little success with sliding my finger around to explore the map. Whenever you approach a street VoiceOver gives you a chance to pause to follow it, which seems to mess up the orientation of the map. The same happens when you reach another street. This is really hard to explain and I'm not sure whether you or others can comment, but for instance if you are moving your finger towards the top of the screen and you reach a street which you want to follow to the right, you would expect to start sliding to the right to follow it, but this seems not to be how VO and Maps interact.
Accuracy hasn't been an issue for me either and vehicle turn by turn directions are nice to have on the lock screen. I truly do miss transit directions, as I'm invariably running late and it used to be a tremendous resource to be able to open Maps and glance at them. But it's not too much trouble to place an icon to an alternative website where you can check transit directions on the home screen. Grant On 12/13/12, David Chittenden <dchitten...@gmail.com> wrote: > The maps app on iOS 6 had problems for the first few weeks. I have not heard > about any problems for the past month or so. The maps app uses a data feed > to internet servers, so the fixes occur in the back-end. > > From an accessibility perspective, Apple Maps is much better than the older > Google Maps. You can now slide your finger around the display and audibly > explore the map. It is similar to what has been available on Android for a > while now. > > I have not had any difficulties with Apple Maps on my iPhone. > > > David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA > Email: dchitten...@gmail.com > Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 > Sent from my iPhone > > On 13/12/2012, at 19:44, Kevin Gibbs <kevj...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> guys, >> I'm thinking of upgrading to IOS6 on my iPhone 4. What's restraining me >> is the stuff I keep hearing about how the Maps on IOS 6 really suck. has >> anyone had any experience getting from A to B using the new maps app? How >> reliable is it? I heard that they fired the guy responsible for it a few >> weeks back. >> >> anyway, I'd appreciate any feedback. >> >> Kevin >> If I decide it sucks, is it even possible to downgrade back to IOS 5? >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >> Google Group. >> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
