Originally Posted by
tailorgiven
The full Chinese Apple Maps database (from Amap, a leading local provider) is geo-IP restricted outside of China. If you look up China on Apple Maps right now, there’s lackluster info and no public transit at all derived from decade-old map data from TomTom.
No, Apple Maps doesn’t suffer from drifts or any issue and displays full information (including turn-by-turn transit, timetables, etc) from Amap under a Chinese IP.
Did the search for this very property on Google Maps and the location is indeed off. Try these coordinates on Google Maps: (39.9645917, 116.4360056)
So you're telling me that as soon as my iPhone detects a Chinese IP, I'll see the full database with all the details in Apple Maps? I wonder if using a VPN with a Chinese IP will trigger that? So even outside of China, there is no GPS drift with Apple Maps, just no details? If so, Google has really fallen behind and is unreliable in the Mainland now.