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It improved a lot I have to admit.
When Google got rid of their old maps earlier this year, preferred by countless users (myself, especially) and despite endless complaints, the new maps are the crappiest, most difficult to navigate, crash-prone (colorful metaphor) garbage imaginable. I detest them with every fiber of my being and want the OLD maps back. I love these idiots that think replacing something that worked like a charm with unworkable crap is an improvement.
I love Google maps solely because they have that street level mode which is incredible. I was looking at the spot Bonnie and Clyde were killed at the other day, and they actually have a marker stone there that is chipped up from taking souvenirs. They have this relatively new thing in Wikipedia that gives coordinates anytime they write about an area and sure enough they gave coordinates where they were killed and you copy and paste that in Google maps and it takes you right there.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_and_Clyde
Not all of the Google Maps features work in iOs.
On my iPhone, I use Apple maps because it works better.
On a PC, I’ll use Google maps