[bistro]

What happened with that chunk of land in Lake Michigan that appeared out of nowhere on the new map?

[jacobwilliamroy]

Insider here. Apple pulls in map data from all kinds of sources. Some of these sources exist in alternate timelines. Apple maps will be a lot more useful when the apple timegate finally launches in 2038.

[auggierose]

This comment is too good for a mere upvote.

[stock_toaster]

Don't worry, Titor will upvote on his next pass through.

[maxerickson]

Maybe wrong interpretation of lake ice.

The Upper Peninsula of Michigan is often the victim of mapping oversights.

[nslocum]

Maybe, but the map error is too large. There would have to be 20+ miles of ice from the shoreline. And why isn't there ice anywhere else?

[maxerickson]

Nothing unusual about high ice cover there.

https://www.glerl.noaa.gov/data/ice/historicalAnim/

[nslocum]

that's awesome, thanks for sharing.

It's amazing how much variability there is between years

[24gttghh]

How can they possibly miss that? I want to like their maps, since they browse so quickly on my phone, but it's shit like this...the content is just bad.

[marsrover]

I was wondering the same thing, they even got rid of an entire lake.

[torstenvl]

Yeah that... definitely does not exist in real life.