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by markerdmann 5020 days ago
Why are people calling it the "maps fiasco"? I just installed iOS 6, and the new Maps app is one of the best pieces of software I've ever used.
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olalonde 5020 days ago
In case you genuinely missed the flood of negative press regarding iOS 6 maps, here's a good overview: http://www.infoworld.com/d/mobile-technology/ios-6s-apple-ma....

Also, some comment threads on HN: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4548829 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4548071

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coliveira 5020 days ago
Agreed. The fact that some data is not on par with current Google offering doesn't make the product a bad one. Data issues can be quickly solved, specially when there are so many users to report problems.
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tomkarlo 5020 days ago
"Data issues can be quickly solved, specially when there are so many users to report problems."

That depends on the size of the dataset, and the quality of the reports. It's not obvious that this is true in this case.

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coliveira 5020 days ago
For a maps application, the best report is just the location of the affected user. Any lookup on existing maps for that location will show what the problem is.
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jack-r-abbit 5020 days ago
> Any lookup on existing maps...

Ironically... I see that leading to a spike in hits to maps.google.com coming from Apple's internal IP range. :)

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