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by mulmen 1720 days ago
Apple Maps is horrible for driving navigation. Relevant information like route number of the next turn is much smaller than it needs to be.

The directions are floating in space over the map which looks nice but wastes space on the margins. The directions themselves are in a box that also wastes tons of space.

If you reach a destination navigation is cancelled but you cant re-start navigation from there. So if you arrive but Apple Maps wants you to make a left turn across a median it cancels nav and you are in the dark for finding a route around.

I wish usability was a priority but modern UX doesn’t seem to consider it at all.

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In New Orleans today Apple Maps a) directed me across a bridge closed to vehicular traffic since Katrina b) directed me down a flooded street -- all in the same trip!