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<blockquote data-quote="caribiner23" data-source="post: 1647650" data-attributes="member: 9169"><p>I had to make a trip from the northwest suburbs of Chicago to Baraboo, Wisconsin on Sunday (we know how to live it up, I tell ya) and I decided to do an unofficial bake-off of Apple Maps, Nokia Here, and Google Maps. </p><p>With years of using my Garmin GPS under my belt, I had an idea of the most efficient routes for this trip.</p><p></p><p>All three performed about the same, knew about various quirks, especially in the state roads. Nokia Here, however, told us we were at our destination when we were exactly one block south of where we actually needed to be. It landed us at the south end of the property instead of at their actual front door-- on the wrong street.</p><p></p><p>On the way home, Apple Maps tried to take us a longer way back to the interstate than the route I knew to be more efficient. Both Here and Google Maps suggested the shorter route I knew of. There was no traffic to speak of to influence the navigation for any of the apps.</p><p></p><p>One feature I like about Google Maps is that it will show you alternative routes while you're in transit and tell you which is the fastest. Sometimes it suggests hare-brained routes that seem to defy logic, but at least it provides alternatives.</p><p></p><p>All that said, I take the navigation apps with a grain of salt. They each have their quirks I suppose. Even my Garmin once tried to take me over a bridge that had been removed 10 years earlier. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="caribiner23, post: 1647650, member: 9169"] I had to make a trip from the northwest suburbs of Chicago to Baraboo, Wisconsin on Sunday (we know how to live it up, I tell ya) and I decided to do an unofficial bake-off of Apple Maps, Nokia Here, and Google Maps. With years of using my Garmin GPS under my belt, I had an idea of the most efficient routes for this trip. All three performed about the same, knew about various quirks, especially in the state roads. Nokia Here, however, told us we were at our destination when we were exactly one block south of where we actually needed to be. It landed us at the south end of the property instead of at their actual front door-- on the wrong street. On the way home, Apple Maps tried to take us a longer way back to the interstate than the route I knew to be more efficient. Both Here and Google Maps suggested the shorter route I knew of. There was no traffic to speak of to influence the navigation for any of the apps. One feature I like about Google Maps is that it will show you alternative routes while you're in transit and tell you which is the fastest. Sometimes it suggests hare-brained routes that seem to defy logic, but at least it provides alternatives. All that said, I take the navigation apps with a grain of salt. They each have their quirks I suppose. Even my Garmin once tried to take me over a bridge that had been removed 10 years earlier. :) [/QUOTE]
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