Some examples of the curiosities in ios6 maps: http://theamazingios6maps.tumblr.com/
Greets, Floris On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 4:26 AM, Toby Murray <toby.mur...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 1:39 PM, pavithran <pavithra...@gmail.com> wrote: > > The new map replacement from apple in its IOS has drawn a lot of > criticism . > > > > <quote from > http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/sep/20/apple-maps-ios6-station-towe > > > > Within minutes of the launch of the iOS6 operating system, which comes > > preloaded with Apple Maps, users were reporting that London had been > > relocated to Ontario, Paddington station had vanished, the Sears Tower > > in Chicago had shrunk, and Helsinki railway station had been turned > > into a park. > > > > </quote> > > > > Having said that How much is it OSM data? There have been messages > > saying its the TomTom data but if you look at > > http://gspa21.ls.apple.com/html/attribution.html > > there is a line "(OSM) > > OpenStreetMap contributors, http://www.openstreetmap.org/ " > > > > Pretty confusing and sad to say that many of the comments were against > > the map app and suggesting that they would hardly accept anything > > other than google maps . > > Also note that it was just reported in IRC that 4chan got it in their > heads that they could troll apple maps by editing OSM: > > http://boards.4chan.org/g/res/27736265 > > The OP and at least one user's edits have been reverted already but as > always, keep an eye out for vandalism. > > Toby > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk >
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