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True, and I granted that point already. However, a lot of people live in China, too, and it's being widely reported that Apple Maps is much better than Google Maps' data, in China. I'll just give one link, but a little googling around proves the point quite well:

http://www.bangkokpost.com/tech/gadget/314283/apple-maps-bet...

You didn't have a perfectly working solution before, btw; Google Maps still has a lot of errors.

And what you have now is both Google Maps (via Safari), and also a new Maps app that is internally superior and relies on a less-mature dataset which will mature quickly and give Google some much-needed motivation to improve its data as well. I'm not sure why this is such a big disaster.

Edit: By the way, Apple Maps finds Amsterdam Centraal (not "Central") Station just fine, if you spell it correctly. I just checked; it finds the exact same place as Google Maps.



You didn't have a perfectly working solution before, btw; Google Maps still has a lot of errors.

I don't know if I'd make this comparison. The level of erroneous data in Apple Maps is just insane compared to Google Maps.



It is being widely reported based on one source (http://anthonydrendel.com/blog/2012/9/24/ios-maps-and-china....) that gets basic facts wrong.




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