When will Apple finally add GPS speed to Apple Maps, rather than merely displaying speed limits?
Pretty much all of its competitors have offered this for a long time. It’s actually one of the main reasons I use competing map apps instead of Apple Maps.
When it comes to useful information while driving, knowing your actual speed is considerably more valuable than an “accurate rendition of the trees” along the road.
And please, let’s not trot out the tired argument about “driver attention.” If that were really the concern, Apple Maps should do approximately nothing until it detects that the car is safely parked. The feature could, of course, be optional and easily switched on or off.
Once you have GPS speed alongside speed limits, you can do all the obvious useful things: display whether you're over the limit, provide appropriate warnings, and give drivers a much clearer picture of their current speed.
It seems like a remarkably obvious feature for a mapping app that otherwise prides itself on detail.
