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I love Apple Maps and use it every day in NYC. Hope they will make it require a slightly longer press to drop a pin. I can't be the only user accidentally doing this ~a dozen times a week. Happened just now in the browser, trying to drag the view. Rooting for the product.

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Their current browser experience doesn't include transit or cycling, which makes it not terribly useful for NYC.

Is a map without transit even a map? I still use Google Maps as my default for transit, but Citymapper is considerably more reliable and I've been trying to remember to use it more.

A problem I had with CityMapper is that at the time I last used it, it used the distance units of the city you’re in, with no ability to change it. For example, if you’re in New York, the distances will be in feet, and feet only.

Since I already know the public transport of my my own city and that I reach out for CityMapper when I’m travelling, it’s a jarring omission. I was incredulous enough to check with support, and sure enough they confirmed as of last year at least it is indeed the case that the units cannot be changed.

That's a pretty big oversight on their part. But when I'm in a tight spot (like train service is ending late at night) I've had CityMapper save my ass a few times when Google was showing me inaccurate information. This has mostly been in NYC and London.

This has always driven me nuts about Google Maps too.

Contrary to what some PM apparently believes, nobody taught me kilometers on the plane.

> Is a map without transit even a map?

Yes. Transit is bot a majority use case.

The desktop and iOS apps (and integration of e.g Doordash with the Maps API) are great

Even the app doesn't support cycling directions in many cities, such as the capital of New Zealand.

After the initial gaffes, I was reluctant to use it and stayed with Google Maps for a long time. But a couple years ago someone mentioned it had improved, and I'd already been trying to gain some distance from Google... and it's pretty usable. I'll just remember to be a little skeptical if it tells me to drive across the Australian desert.

I wish I was even half as happy about DDG though.

could try kagi maybe? i’ve liked it

I want to love it due to the integration in the ecosystem Im invested in. However, for petes sake, I still can’t use it in my country?!

The map shows all roads and some POIs, however it always shows me the warning that I can’t ger directions in this location.

Seems like a pretty trivial feature to make that available across the globe before other updates.

Yeah and the process to remove a pin is a little clunky I find

And the process to add them is a bit too "streamlined".

How do you remove them?

You have to reload the whole page.

Tap the pin, tap more, tap trashcan

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