<div>Some examples of the curiosities in ios6 maps:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://theamazingios6maps.tumblr.com/">http://theamazingios6maps.tumblr.com/</a> </div><div><br></div><div>Greets,</div><div>Floris<br><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 4:26 AM, Toby Murray <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:toby.murray@gmail.com" target="_blank">toby.murray@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 1:39 PM, pavithran <<a href="mailto:pavithran.s@gmail.com">pavithran.s@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> The new map replacement from apple in its IOS has drawn a lot of criticism .<br>
><br>
> <quote from <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/sep/20/apple-maps-ios6-station-towe" target="_blank">http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/sep/20/apple-maps-ios6-station-towe</a>><br>
> Within minutes of the launch of the iOS6 operating system, which comes<br>
> preloaded with Apple Maps, users were reporting that London had been<br>
> relocated to Ontario, Paddington station had vanished, the Sears Tower<br>
> in Chicago had shrunk, and Helsinki railway station had been turned<br>
> into a park.<br>
><br>
> </quote><br>
><br>
> Having said that How much is it OSM data? There have been messages<br>
> saying its the TomTom data but if you look at<br>
> <a href="http://gspa21.ls.apple.com/html/attribution.html" target="_blank">http://gspa21.ls.apple.com/html/attribution.html</a><br>
> there is a line "(OSM)<br>
> OpenStreetMap contributors, <a href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/" target="_blank">http://www.openstreetmap.org/</a> "<br>
><br>
> Pretty confusing and sad to say that many of the comments were against<br>
> the map app and suggesting that they would hardly accept anything<br>
> other than google maps .<br>
<br>
Also note that it was just reported in IRC that 4chan got it in their<br>
heads that they could troll apple maps by editing OSM:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://boards.4chan.org/g/res/27736265" target="_blank">http://boards.4chan.org/g/res/27736265</a><br>
<br>
The OP and at least one user's edits have been reverted already but as<br>
always, keep an eye out for vandalism.<br>
<br>
Toby<br>
<br>
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