[ehsankia]

That's what many don't realize. Apple shows really fantastic and detailed 3D handcrafted maps each year at WWDC, then when you dig deeper, you find out that it's only for like 3 American cities and it's coming in a year... Basically useless for 99% of people.

While Maps also has some discrepancies between cities and also different countries, in general it's a lot more consistent and features roll out more widely.

[pfranz]

You make it sound like Apple's efforts stop after announcing at WWDC. They do seem to be following through. The "new maps" were announced in 2018. They finished the continental US in January 2020 and since expanded to Canada, UK, Ireland, Spain, Portugal, and Italy with the most previous update released last month.

Justin O'Beirne has followed Google/Apple maps in detail for years https://www.justinobeirne.com/

Forbes is an American business magazine and the author covers cover security and surveillance. So I wouldn't think his advice is meant for everyone.

[ehsankia]

Announced WWDC 2018, arrived to the neighbor to the north 2.5 years later in December 2020, that's still quite a gap. But to be clear I was referring to the brand new detailed maps announced this year.

> This will only be available in the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, New York, and London by the end of the year.

So 4 cities 6 months after announcements.