Re: [Fed-Talk] iOS 6 maps...
Re: [Fed-Talk] iOS 6 maps...
- Subject: Re: [Fed-Talk] iOS 6 maps...
- From: Joel Peterson <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2012 17:34:28 +0000
- Thread-topic: [Fed-Talk] iOS 6 maps...
I don't get all of the hate for the new Maps. Granted, it has a few bugs
here (most of which are outside of the US), but the switch to rich
vector-based maps and the turn-by-turn has so many benefits. It isn't like
Apple is going to leave these things hanging out there for all time;
they'll all be fixed in the end. Mapping is incredibly difficult and time
consuming to do right. How many centuries has humanity been trying to get
it right?
What I want to know is if Apple's agreement with TomTom and other sources
will allow them to give us an option to download maps. If they're all
vector-based, I imagine the data for a few states is less than a gigabyte.
I would easily sacrifice that space to have maps without a data
connection. If it worked in airplane mode (why turn off GPS in this
mode?), more the better. It'd be rad to watch your flight progress on any
iOS device.
Joel Peterson
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On 9/24/12 10:12 AM, "Todd Heberlein" <email@hidden> wrote:
>
>On Sep 24, 2012, at 9:44 AM, Mike Pike <email@hidden> wrote:
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>> Wouldn't have been released under Steve Jobs's watch.
>
>*cough* mobile.me *cough*
>
>> I'm not a maps users but wow.... They should have given a choice.
>
>I agree that it would have been nice to have a transition path. Maps on a
>mobile device should be considered a critical service. It should be noted
>that there are alternatives available in the App Store (some kind of
>expensive though), and there are rumors that a Google Maps app will be
>available in the store soon.
>
>
>Another thing that isn't clear to me is whether the underlying map data
>Apple is using is bad or if the software that reads and presents the data
>is bad. If it is the former, it is going to be a long and expensive fix
>(go out and get good data). If it is the latter, a software patch could
>alleviate a lot of the pain fairly soon.
>
>Todd
>
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