Ford maps suck....

[hbirring01]

I know there have been a couple threads on how to make edits to maps, but is there a way to do it from the car? I dont want to have to remember where it was wrong and then wait til I get home to make edits. I wish @Ford Motor Company would just give us integrated Google Maps or integrated Waze. I HATE the navigation. I just went to drop my wife off at the Tesla dealership and we were going to go out to eat dinner after that. I used Ford maps and she used Tesla (Google) maps. She beat me there by 15 minutes and I had the head start! I've noticed this many times before. This morning I was going to the gym so I searched by the gym name and it couldn't find it! The cherry on top was when I navigated there, Ford maps said I reached my destination on a main road! My gym was 2 lights up inside a shopping center.

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[RedTiv]

I think the benefit for navigation over Tesla is that you could just use Google Maps or Apple Maps over Android Auto/CarPlay

 

[hbirring01]

I think the benefit for navigation over Tesla is that you could just use Google Maps or Apple Maps over Android Auto/CarPlay

I use Android auto and google maps after dinner since Ford maps was wrong, but I want it to be integrated. I dont want to have to wait for the car to connect to my phone. It should just be there imo.

 

[mach-ebert]

I'm pretty sure Ford Maps uses the Google Maps API. Can anyone confirm either way?

Edit: Definitely not. Ford uses the Here API.

 

[Maquis]

I'm pretty sure Ford Maps uses the Google Maps API. Can anyone confirm either way?

No. Ford uses Here.

 

[The Electric Duo]

I've done lots of instant comparisons between Ford nva, Google Maps, & Apple Maps -- and I've done these comparisons in Denver, LA, & San Diego. I can tell you that from my experience, Apple Maps is usually the worst. Ford & Google Maps both do really good. Ford Nav wins in LA because it tells me when to enter and exit the separated carpool lanes. But, I also found that they are all usually very, very similar. As for finding the exact location of the entrance to a restaurant or something like that, Google Maps is the best.

But for me, I like that we have the option between all 3. My phone connects quickly and many times I already have my destination preloaded since I was just searching for where I was going on my phone before I got in the car.

PS We can also use Waze seamlessly as well.

 

[AliRafiee]

The car has a built it navigation? ?

 

[hbirring01]

I'm pretty sure Ford Maps uses the Google Maps API. Can anyone confirm either way?

Definitely not true.

 

[hbirring01]

I've done lots of instant comparisons between Ford nva, Google Maps, & Apple Maps -- and I've done these comparisons in Denver, LA, & San Diego. I can tell you that from my experience, Apple Maps is usually the worst. Ford & Google Maps both do really good. Ford Nav wins in LA because it tells me when to enter and exit the separated carpool lanes. But, I also found that they are all usually very, very similar. As for finding the exact location of the entrance to a restaurant or something like that, Google Maps is the best.

But for me, I like that we have the option between all 3. My phone connects quickly and many times I already have my destination preloaded since I was just searching for where I was going on my phone before I got in the car.

PS We can also use Waze seamlessly as well.

When you say we can use Waze seamlessly as well do you mean via carplay?

 

[ThatGuyLando]

Honestly, Ford software is just very poorly implemented. I know many people are gonna say "oh but they're new to software development and EVs" but come on... they're in their what 3rd gen/year of mach-es (5 ish if you count the .5 releases)? and it's not like SYNC is new either, yet everything about it feels rushed and unpolished. It's been nearly a year since we got the UI redesign where it seems like they just used the icons that were in the tutorial video they followed on YouTube and said "yeah that's good enough to ship".

 

[4sallypat]

I've done lots of instant comparisons between Ford nva, Google Maps, & Apple Maps -- and I've done these comparisons in Denver, LA, & San Diego. I can tell you that from my experience, Apple Maps is usually the worst. Ford & Google Maps both do really good. Ford Nav wins in LA because it tells me when to enter and exit the separated carpool lanes. But, I also found that they are all usually very, very similar. As for finding the exact location of the entrance to a restaurant or something like that, Google Maps is the best.

But for me, I like that we have the option between all 3. My phone connects quickly and many times I already have my destination preloaded since I was just searching for where I was going on my phone before I got in the car.

PS We can also use Waze seamlessly as well.

Thanks for that!

Have to agree - Ford's built in Nav is pretty good in So Calif - very accurate.

I like it that when I start off, Ford nav comes up and instantly shows real time traffic ahead and early on so I get to choose which route to take.

Using Apple & Google maps are nice, but I don't get them to start in nav mode when I first start the MME - usually it's music first then you have to press buttons to get to the maps. Driving in urban traffic makes that a moot point.

 

[Vulnox]

As others noted, if you are heading out to your car and can set the navigation while walking out, at least with iOS, it picks up once you connect to the car. Almost every weekend when we go out somewhere I pull up the route in Apple Maps and then get in the car and it pulls it right up when it connects.

I too wish we could rely more on the built in nav though, and maybe we can. I didn't use Apple Maps for years because its first showing was poor, but now use it pretty heavily and at least in Michigan/Ohio/Indiana/Colorado, it's worked great.

I am curious though why people say they don't have time to set a destination in Apple Maps (or Google Maps), but can with the built in nav. Either way you are interacting with the screen typically right? If it's that you use voice commands, you can use voice commands with CarPlay (and I have to imagine AA). I just hold the voice button until Siri comes up and say "Navigate to Best Buy" or whatever and it confirms I want the one closest to me, and off we go.

 

[MellowJohnny]

I've basically never used the Ford Nav. I tried it a few times to trigger preconditioning in the winter but the DCFC locations I use most (which are not new) were not in the Nav...which is a bit mind blowing. After that I never used them again.

I also have CarPlay running all the time, so naturally gravitate to Apple Maps or Google.

Last complaint: the Ford Nav maps are super basic looking compared to Google / Apple which drives me crazy.

 

[Logal727]

You can edit Ford maps through the in-car nav, there’s actually a lot of options like setting specific streets/highway you don’t want it to take and all that. Definitely recommend playing around with it.

 

[Maquis]

The Ford nav is one of the only things that I use via Alexa. It‘s worked really well for me. The other day, I wanted to navigate to a restaurant and told Alexa to navigate there. I didn’t have the name of restaurant exactly right, but she correctly identified it anyway and put in the route.

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