Apple Maps Vs Google Maps: A Side By Side iPhone Comparison

We've talked plenty about the flaws inherent in Apple Maps, and where it differs from Google Maps on paper. But how wide is the disparity between the two in actuality? We stacked two iPhone 4Ses side-by-side (one running iOS 5, one running iOS 6, both on wi-fi with GPS on), and let the two mapping apps do battle.

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Why There's No Public Transit in iOS 6

By now it is public knowledge that there will be no replacement for Google's public transportation routes built into the Apple Maps in iOS 6. Indeed, if you're holding an an iPhone running iOS 6 (that somebody maybe has left in a bar) and you try to plan a route from point A to point B you'll find that you can drive…

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See Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s Secret Race Car Graveyard With Google Maps

NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. isn't a car collector. He's a car hoarder. Want evidence? Just turn to Google Maps to see the smashed-up race car graveyard on his massive property outside of Mooresville, North Carolina.

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This tire pile is so large it can be seen from space

A man in Calhoun County, South Carolina collected so many used tires on his rural property his neighbors could see it from space using Google Maps Satellite View. How many tires does it take to make a dent in the planet's face? About 250,000.

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Google Killed Map Traffic Estimates Because It Just Didn't Work

If you're wondering how road traffic's gonna slow you today, don't turn to Google Maps anymore—the site's killed its estimates. Not because it wasn't popular. It turns out those road calculations didn't exactly correlate to, you know, reality.

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Iranians Furious After Finding Jewish Symbol Hidden In Plain View

Ahmadinejad and his antisemitic cronies are fuming with anger after discovering the Star of David on the roof of Iran Air headquarters at Tehran's airport. The building was originally built by Israeli engineers prior to the the Islamic Revolution.

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Here's a Brooklyn Heroin Ring Caught on Google Street View

Today in Google Street View crime: Cops say this brazen drug ring dealt heroin openly on the streets of Williamsburg. Police busted it after their surveillance cameras caught members stuffing heroin packages into a lock-box hidden behind a store's sign.

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