Did anyone actually finish this article? It felt like it was building towards something really interesting but could have used just a bit more editorial discipline.
Sometimes, article have low information/length ratio.
This one has a ton information of information, but still fail to satisfy because it has a low point/information ratio. It just rambles on with data points and examples.
AFAICT, the points made are:
* Apple switched from vans to subarus for data gathering. (IOW, they changed their data acquisition equipment.)
* Their new equipment must be better, because Apple seem to have thrown away all data they acquired with vans.
* Yet, they still lack tons of labels and mis-label / mis-place many buildings / store etc.
* Apple seems to be processing data faster than they used to.
... and even these points are must of the shrug / why would I care category, except maybe the fact that most cities are not labeled.
Take-away: you're better off with google street view.
> This one has a ton information of information, but still fail to satisfy because it has a low point/information ratio. It just rambles on with data points and examples.
On his front page, this article appear in this section:
> Research + Updates
> Material for future essays + updates to earlier essays
It honestly reads more like notes than an article.
> they still ... mis-label / mis-place many buildings
On the contrary, that was in the traditional map.
The author’s actual point came after that: that Look Around didn’t have the same data quality issues, proving so free of such errors the author speculated whether they’re using manual labeling.
It had gone into too details about author's life and specific cities midway and I ended up with just the conclusion that there is some chaos between different parts of Apple Maps - Look Around, POI etc.
I also felt it was building towards something really interesting.
This one has a ton information of information, but still fail to satisfy because it has a low point/information ratio. It just rambles on with data points and examples.
AFAICT, the points made are:
... and even these points are must of the shrug / why would I care category, except maybe the fact that most cities are not labeled.Take-away: you're better off with google street view.