Sorry iPhone Users, Google Maps App on iOS 6 Isnt Great Either

I lost all patience with Apple's Maps app when it directed me to the middle of a state park when it should have been taking me home.

The turn-by-turn directions, supposedly the saving grace of the troubled iOS 6 Maps app, work wonderfully -- but they're only as good as the information you put in them. And Maps, in conjunction with Siri, had decided "home" was in a park with the same name as my street, six miles away. (Bafflingly, it got the directions right on the second try.)

It was time to test the emergency backup option -- maps.google.com on the iPhone's browser. Ever helpful, Google has started telling everyone who visits that site how to turn it into an app-like shortcut on y…
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