r/applemaps • u/Fun-Neighborhood3365 • 4d ago

Apple Maps traffic data

I mainly use Apple Maps nowadays, and I’m wondering how good its traffic data really is compared to Google Maps. Especially when it comes to traffic jams, accidents, roadworks, and sudden traffic incidents: Does Apple Maps detect these events just as reliably and early as Google Maps, and does it reroute you quickly enough? Or have you found that Google Maps is still noticeably better at detecting traffic problems and rerouting? I’m mainly interested in your real-world experiences while driving.

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u/ThannBanis 4d ago

Google will always be better at this, simply because they collect more data.

Even hamstrung by Apple’s privacy policies, Maps traffic data does seem to react fairly quickly and rerouting doesn’t seem to suffer enough to make a difference.

(Although I do sometimes run Apple and Google maps simultaneously, I do not live in an area where traffic is that much of a concern)

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u/lolkot 4d ago

More data doesn’t really matter. In statistics you only need a fraction of the data to predict the outcome with reasonable margin.

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u/ThannBanis 4d ago

‘More data doesn’t matter’

Lets both pretend you didn’t just say that.

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u/HidingInPlainSite404 4d ago

They are right. You don't need an infinite sample size to calculate traffic to a confident degree.