New Google Maps

[Spoooon]

Pretty smooth. Neat seeing the buildings pop up from the ground. 🙂

 

[Bateluer]

Checked it out this morning, pretty slick. 🙂

Google Maps is so far beyond its competition, its almost obscene. :/

 

[foghorn67]

Damn. The new maps are fast. I have been playing with the updated app every few minutes for the heck of it.

 

[sygyzy]

I guess I am just used to how awesome using Google Navigation/Maps is on Android. A few weeks ago I borrowed a friend's iPhone4 to navigate us to dinner then back home from a day at Disneyland. The experience is way different. Maps for iPhone can give you directions but it's certainly not a real navigation program. I know it doesn't claim to be but it's been so long since I've used maps for iPhone that I forgot how shitty it is compared to the Android experience.

 

[Auric]

I've been pleased with Ovi Maps free offline navigation.

 

[NikolaeVarius]

Now if they take the awesomeness of maps and apply it to the entirety of the Android os with its cleanliness, smoothness, etc we have a real winner.

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

How do you get the buildings or is that just not available for the Droid/Milestone? I can get the 3D view but with no buildings, what good is this? 🙁

 

[Anonemous]

Love the google maps too bad it tracks my location and probably updates google with it. /puts on tinfoil hat

 

[Anonemous]

How do you get the buildings or is that just not available for the Droid/Milestone? I can get the 3D view but with no buildings, what good is this? 🙁

I don't think all areas have buildings. I searched Downtown LA and got buildings to pop up on the google maps in 3D. (Optimus S) No 3D buildings around me. 🙁

 

[Spoooon]

How do you get the buildings or is that just not available for the Droid/Milestone? I can get the 3D view but with no buildings, what good is this? 🙁

You can get 3D buildings with the Droid 1. I looked around NYC and Austin for fun.

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

I don't think all areas have buildings. I searched Downtown LA and got buildings to pop up on the google maps in 3D. (Optimus S) No 3D buildings around me. 🙁

Theres 3D buildings on regular Google Maps last time I checked in SF. I went to downtown SF and I couldn't find anything. Shrug.

Maybe I'll try NYC.

 

[olds]

Never had an issue with Google Maps.
I use it often but for long drives I use my Garmin 1690.

 

[gsaldivar]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAh4yiCzgKw

awesome stuff

 

[Fear No Evil]

How do you get the buildings or is that just not available for the Droid/Milestone? I can get the 3D view but with no buildings, what good is this? 🙁

Make sure you turn OFF ALL layers.

 

[QueBert]

Checked it out this morning, pretty slick. 🙂

Google Maps is so far beyond its competition, its almost obscene. :/

Google Maps gives me incorrect directions once a month at least. What you said's laughable, does it look more high tech? Sure, but I want accurate directions not eye candy.

Bing Maps is better...

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

Make sure you turn OFF ALL layers.

Gotcha. My milestone with CM6 seems to have some problems with 2 finger rotation. I'll need to apply a hotfix, but I definitely got the buildings to show up. I was 1 zoom level away from seeing it.

 

[foghorn67]

Google Maps gives me incorrect directions once a month at least. What you said's laughable, does it look more high tech? Sure, but I want accurate directions not eye candy.

Bing Maps is better...

Not a definite statement by any measure. Like posted above, it depends by area. In some areas, Bing epically sucks.