The Apple Maps App is just awful

After downloading IOS6, I was hopeful for some of the changes that were made.  The map app was not one of them however.  After a week of using it, it is just god-awful.  I hear that Google is prepping the google maps app, that day cannot come fast enough for me.   I use the app extensively for work and the Apple map just stinks.  I must say that Apple is 0 for the last 2 apps for me.  The Podcast app is buggy as heck, not up to the standard that Apple has set, but it's heavenly compared to the Maps app.