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by chaz 5019 days ago
I zoomed in on the area around the author's location and I'm seeing a fair amount of detail surfacing, as well as most of the same locations that are visible on the iOS 6 map. Is it possible that Apple is showing more detail farther away whereas Google requires a tighter zoom?

http://goo.gl/maps/ZQSzI
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milesskorpen 5019 days ago
... and I can't even find that area in Apple Maps. I zoom in moderately far, and the whole map seems empty.
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Bud 5019 days ago
Even if that's the only advantage Apple's maps are offering in this instance (and it does not appear to be, to me...the locations on the Apple version seem more correctly and specifically identified), that is still a real and substantive advantage, since it means that Apple is presenting the data more efficiently. It (potentially) means there is more space in their layout to show more items in a given area at a given zoom level.
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