Award-winning web development since 1995
Written: October 24, 2013
You have to credit Apple for being ambitious in creating their own mapping app to compete with Google Maps, however a little testing by me recently shows that Apple has much work to do yet. As an example I asked Apple Maps to find the directions between my home and office and it came up with a circuitous route of 2.4 miles while Google got it right at 2.1 miles:
Next, I asked each mapping tool to find direction from home to Rolling Hills Community Church, once again Google came out on top saving me 1 minute of time by taking into account traffic congestion:
Finally, I compared mapping directions from home to Champoeg State Park, Google found a route 2 minutes shorter than Apple:
My first mapping app was MapQuest, then Google, so based on these results I continue using Google Maps. Maybe in a few years Apple Maps will improve enough to consider using.
Tags: Apple Maps, Google MapsCruisin Sherwood is an annual event on June 12 this year and they wanted to show all the shuttle bus locations on their web site, so I used Google Maps:
View Shuttle Bus to Cruisin Sherwood in a larger map
To do this visit http://maps.google.com then click My Maps, Create New Map.
Enjoy creating custom maps with multiple locations.
Beth Roach phoned me about a week ago to discuss creating a new site for the Tualatin Farmers Market. Since she wanted to update content on her own so I opted to use the popular WordPress as a Content Management System and customized a theme to use:
I could almost smell the fresh produce and hear the sounds of summertime while building this site. All the best to the Tualatin Farmers Market when it opens in June.
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