Apple Maps Beats Google Maps and Waze in Navigation Test

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Posted March 9, 2013 at 12:14am by iClarified

In a secret road challenge performed by PC Mag, Apple Maps beat out Google Maps and Waze in navigating Cupertino.

PC Mag's John Dvorak, podcaster Leo LaPorte, TWiT CEO Lisa Kentzell, and marketing guy Glenn Rubenstein were in three different cars each using a different navigation system. With a few stops to make including a meeting at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, they headed out using their favorite apps to get there.

Leo LaPorte was using Waze but it misdirected him in one instance which caused him to take 'forever' to get there. He was lost at another location for unknown reasons putting him in last place.

In second came Google Maps used by Dvorak. He was directed to cut across town; whereas, Glenn Rubenstein, who used Apple Maps, was directed onto the freeway.

Suddenly, Glenn jumped on to the freeway as Google Maps directed me through the city streets for a cut across town. At the time, this seemed like a better route, not to mention a more scenic one. But the long stoplights in Sunnyvale are dreadful. Glenn arrived at least five minutes ahead of me. I gave the nod to Apple and now wonder what the fuss was about.

Let us know what your thoughts are. Has Apple Maps become a viable alternative to Google Maps?

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Jeffrey mejoa - March 11, 2013 at 7:24pm

Yea sure, maybe that time apple won the battle on there current maps app but i used it to get to blue mountain in PA and it was trying to make me take a walking bridge with my car which was made for people to cross 35 width bridge. Really!

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mohammed - March 11, 2013 at 6:07am

by the time apple finishes US and then extends for other continents, Google would be completing MARS nd extending to other galaxies, they are light years away, and we would not take apple or their fanatic's word on this

Copperhead - March 11, 2013 at 3:28pm

This is hilarious and so true... I love google maps, and I think Apple paid someone to write that they are better than google. That is just hilarious...

n82k - March 11, 2013 at 4:42am

This just in... Apple created 37 new roads for the test.

Samir Shah - March 11, 2013 at 3:57am

It might be good for USA, but country like India, where the highest iPhones are sold even if it's not official sold; The map is not be at all updated... What to say on this???

Mike - March 11, 2013 at 12:08am

really now.... let's try that in a another continent.

te72s - March 10, 2013 at 4:51pm

Waze all the way... Map, navigation traffic...Plus police, speed & red light cams spotted by other users... And other hazard flagged by others....

stevejobs - March 10, 2013 at 2:21pm

I tested google and apple map in my backyard and myself navigation. both google and apple lost.

Jeffrey Wiggins - March 10, 2013 at 1:40pm

Wow testing the apps in Apples hometown..... BRILLIANT!!!!!!!

Daniel - March 10, 2013 at 8:39am

It's pointless to test map navigation in Cupertino, CA which happens to be Apple's HQ's location.

shashidhar - March 10, 2013 at 3:34am

Hi friends, apple maps are designed to show navigation routes precisely only to the places around cupertino. What about other places and other countries?

Copperhead - March 11, 2013 at 3:31pm

That because apple does not know where they going...lol.

Awdad724 - March 9, 2013 at 6:46pm

Map preference comes from where you live. Apple maps here work perfect. Never had one issue and have used it daily because of being in the real estate business.

DonutHands - March 9, 2013 at 6:25pm

Living in LA I have tested google and apple maps weekly and google routinely wins. Mostly when it comes to traveling to lesser populated areas like when I go hiking or visit places like topanga. Apple really drops the ball in those cases. I really want to just switch to apple maps because of the intervention with the os but I just can't do so yet.

James - March 9, 2013 at 10:56pm

If you jailbreak you can make google the default app again.

Bisaya - March 9, 2013 at 3:19pm

Nokia also try to surpass google maps.. visit www.here.com

DavidG - March 9, 2013 at 4:00pm

So what are you saying Apple is broke? Lol. Yeah I still prefer google maps from my location.

Rick - March 9, 2013 at 3:12pm

This story is a joke, right? Apple Maps going to Cupertino? How about Google Maps going to Mountain View or Waze going to Palo Atlo?

Neo - March 9, 2013 at 3:01pm

since when this site become a part of onionnews

Energy - March 9, 2013 at 12:38pm

Love apple but apple maps cannot compare to google's in jamaica. It will take time tho because similarly when I got my first iPhone, google maps sucked till a few years when it became more dependable

Guram - March 9, 2013 at 11:06am

Apple maps works perfectly in israel. It navigates very accurate and i prefer it over waze.

odedoo1 - March 9, 2013 at 5:04pm

it's funny you say that because I helped creating Waze in Israel and Waze is a social GPS App that is nothing like Apple Maps or Google but I do know one thing for sure, for 6 month after Apple dropped google Maps, millions of people wrote to Apple complaining and begging them to return google Maps back! That by itself tells you everything you need to know about Apple Maps!!!

Guram - March 10, 2013 at 3:24am

I have Nothing against waze, its a good nav app. But i dont like it for it looks. I dont like how the roads look like. But it always comes down to personal preference.

DanCJ - March 9, 2013 at 10:05am

Apple Maps isn't too bad (in England at least) if you give it a postcode. The big problem is the POI database which is scarce and inaccurate.

DanCJ - March 9, 2013 at 1:30pm

Oops. "sparce" not "scarce"

Nitro Junkie - March 9, 2013 at 9:25am

If you would do your research this one of the few times that apple has gotten praise in a PC Mag article. Especially from the guy who wrote it.

Dragan - March 9, 2013 at 6:00am

Yeah sure, maybe Apple maps work great in NY or LA, but how about the rest of the world? In case of Serbia, Apple maps display only the major higways throughout the country, while iOS 5 with Google maps used to have complete coverage up to the smallest road in every Serbian city. Should I consider iOS 6 an upgrade?!

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