It seems like people really hate the new Maps in iOS 6. Now, I'm not disputing that Maps does give a lot of strange results to a lot of people all around the world, but for a large, large number of people, iOS 6 Maps has been a huge improvement over Google Maps. I'm talking about those of us who live in China (you know, the place with 1.3+ billion people and the second-largest economy in the world). Google Maps was always pretty terrible here. In the big cities and tourist centers, it was passable. Once you left China's large metropolises, however, you were pretty much on your own. You could usually see expressways, highways, and even a lot of smaller roads, but there were very, very few shops, restaurants, banks, ATMs, etc. listed. That has changed with iOS 6. Apple has chosen AutoNavi to provide map services within China. That was a smart move, because AutoNavi is a local Chinese company that provides very detailed maps of China. Google was never going to be able to map China as well as it has other parts of the globe because the Chinese government doesn't trust the motives of foreign companies—and it especially doesn't trust Google. (see update below) Well, don't take my word for it. Check out the difference yourself. The first map is Google Maps on iOS 5. The second is Apple's iOS Maps on iOS 6. This shows the same location just outside of Lijiang, Yunnan. Lijiang is one of the most popular tourist destinations in China. Both Google Maps and iOS Maps covers the center of the city pretty well. As you can see, though, if you move a couple of miles out of the city center, Google Maps becomes pretty useless pretty quickly. - Winckel

#ios6 - Winckel

that's an interesting different take on the issue, even though he didn't detail very well his case and the single example provided seems a bit poorly choosen - Aldo Oldo

LOL, Let's move to China then - كودن با استعداد

@Aldo, largest country on earth and second biggest economy so not sure how badly chosen - Winckel

sure, i meant the portion of the map in the pictures. It's hard to get an idea just from those two: i see a difference but not as striking as he implies, also the zoom is not at the same level. Anyway in the follow-up of that post he gave one more example http://anthonydrendel.com/blog... - Aldo Oldo