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   Apple iOS6 Maps Q & A Sydney's Bondi Beach is shown to be located in the Auckland New Zealand

   Apple is having a rare pratfall with a key product, the Maps application in the latest iteration of iOS, the operating system that makes iPhones, iPads and iPods do their stuff. The failure has raised lots of questions, and here's a brief attempt at making sense of some of them. Feel free to chip in with further thoughts and explanations in the comments.

   Q: What happened?

   A: With the iOS6 update, Apple replaced the existing Google Maps application with its own.

   Q: Apple's allowed to do that. Why does it matter?

   A: The new Maps app in iOS6 is pretty useless compared to the previous Google Maps one. For example, it doesn't have important thoroughfares such as the Victoria Park Tunnel in Auckland, there are roads marked that don't exist in real life, many shops, facilities and businesses are displayed in the wrong places, the satellite imagery is blurry and unclear and there's no public transport information.

   Those are just a few of the problems in the new Maps app; more examples in our story here.

   Another example comes from the Irish Minister of Justice, Alan Shatter, who called one error "dangerously misleading" after Maps wrongly located Dublin airport at a farm in Dundrum, six miles outside the capital.

   http://theamazingios6maps.tumblr.com/

   The Apple iOS 6 Maps are amazing. Not.

   Posted 12 years ago #
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   http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-19676125

   Apple map glitch relocates Dublin Airport to farm

   Apple map mix-up locates Dublin Airport on a farm The Apple map mix-up locates Dublin Airport on a 35-acre estate nine miles away
   A technical glitch on Apple's mapping software led to some confusion as to where Dublin airport is located.

   http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-19659736

   New Apple maps app under fire from users

   Rory Cellan-Jones compares Apple's new map app with Google map
   Inaccuracies and misplaced towns and cities in Apple's new map software have provoked anger from users.
   "This is incredibly different from using Google Maps," one Denver-based blogger wrote on 13 September.
   "It's a tremendous step backwards and something that cripples iOS for Apple's customers.

   http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-19672981

   Apple promises maps app will 'improve'
   Queue for iPhone 5 The mapping problems emerged as thousands queued for an iPhone 5
   Apple has responded to fierce criticism of its mapping software, saying the application will "improve".
   Apple and Google used to be very close, with YouTube and Google Maps given pride of place on every iPhone, iPad and iPod. But since the launch of Android, which saw Google become a rival force in the mobile market, they have been increasingly at odds.
   Now Apple's new mobile operating system iOS6 has arrived without a YouTube app and, far more controversially, a new mapping system.

   http://www.macworld.com/article/2010304/apple-on-ios-6-maps-the-more-people-use-it-the-better-it-will-get.html

   http://blog.osmfoundation.org/2012/03/08/welcome-apple/

   Yesterday Apple launched iPhoto, its photo management app, for the iPad and iPhone… and we’re rather pleased to find they’re the latest to switch to OpenStreetMap.

   http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9231578/Apple_s_Maps_app_blunder_ranks_with_Antennagate_in_missteps_say_experts

   http://daringfireball.net/

   Now, I’m not disputing that Maps does give a lot of strange results to a lot of people all around the world, but for a large, large number of people, iOS 6 Maps has been a huge improvement over Google Maps. I’m talking about those of us who live in China (you know, the place with 1.3+ billion people and the second-largest economy in the world). Google Maps was always pretty terrible here.

   http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9231467/Latest_Samsung_attack_ad_mocks_crowds_waiting_for_iPhone_5
   Latest Samsung attack ad mocks crowds waiting for iPhone 5

   Analysts react that making fun of buyers could backfire

   Samsung's battle with Apple has gone to the courts, and now to the streets.
   A new attack ad by Samsung pokes fun at Apple customers who wait in line outside stores for the iPhone 5.

   http://www.complex.com/tech/2012/09/apple-releases-statement-on-maps

   http://allthingsd.com/20120920/apple-maps-app-takes-reality-distortion-to-a-whole-new-level/

   TomTom noted that it delivers the raw map materials to many companies, but the end result is largely out of its hands. “We supply maps and related content to the majority of handheld players, including RIM, HTC, Samsung, AOL (MapQuest Mobile), Apple and, yes, Google (for the areas where they don’t make their own maps),” the company said in a statement.

   https://plus.google.com/u/1/s/%23iLost

   Posted 12 years ago #

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