A data scientist compares mapping accuracy: Apple v Google v Bing v Mapquest fight to the death.

Originally published on Kapuno in the Technology community

🔗 Uber Blog ” Uberdata: Comparing Apples to Googles (to Bings to MapQuests) (Article)

Bradley Voytek, a post-doc in neuroscience and Uber’s resident data scientist did an in-depth comparison of the accuracy of map apps. His data demonstrated that Google, Apple and Bing have comprable results in a 500 point sample in a single US city.

I use Google Maps on Android and other than on few occasions where I navigate to the wrong business to a simliar name, I’ve had an amazing experience.