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Chris Townley <news@cct-net.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> I wonder how accurate they are - ISTR a few years ago they revamped 
> them, and missed out quite a few significant UK cities
> 

I'm in the USA, so YMMV

Ran across a page that suggested doing a duckduckgo.com search for a 
business in the region of interest. Apparently duckduckgo.com has a
link to apple maps that works. One can then peruse the neighborhood,
get directions and bring up satellite images. Tried it, it works.

As to accuracy, apple maps seems to beat google maps, at least in
one very narrow way:

Using google maps to plan a bike route resulted in a path through
unpaved private land and even ploughed fields. Using apple maps
the route was realistic, sticking to public way that was paved.

I'm really surprised how idiotic google maps turned out to be.
Missing a recent change is understandable, but the ploughed field
had been there for a very long time.

Thanks for writing,

bob prohaska