The accuracy and usefulness of these maps is much discussed since release: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-19672981
http://theamazingios6maps.tumblr.com ... and apparently many Apple friendly reviewers who are saying it's quite a mess. As for the Open Street Map route, I've red a load of posts where people have said that places that are just fine on Open Street Maps are missing or incorrectly placed in the new Maps app, so it's not the data at fault it would seem. As I'm still stuck on 4.2.1 and 5.1.1 I'm missing the fun ;) Stephen On 20 Sep 2012, at 22:00, Jason Davies <[email protected]> wrote: > in the end, according to a kb page, I force-shut down and restarted. seems ok. > > The logic with Maps was put very well on a page I read via daringfireball: > essentially, the longer Apple used google's system, the better google got. > Now that half the google users have gone over to Apple's, they should > equalise in about 18 months. > > We don't know if it was google who pulled the plug on the whole thing, > remember... > > they use openstreetmaps org data -- worth going there to make a correction > that you really care about;) > > > On 20 Sep 2012, at 20:13, Phil Tomlinson wrote: > >> I upgraded using iTunes and also had a period of time where the progress bar >> seemed to freeze. I had unplugged the iPad from my iMac because I'd thought >> it had finished. I plugged it back in, went to make a cup of tea and it >> righted itself eventually. Before upgrading I had to initially delete a lot >> of apps because I hadn't enough memory to install their updated versions. >> >> My biggest grumble is the Maps App - absolutely disastrous. I am really >> going to miss the previous google version, especially the street view which >> I found very useful indeed when visiting new places. The new app is >> inaccurate, blurred and almost valueless. I've never felt so let down by an >> Apple product. So sad... >> >> PT >> "We don't like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out." ~ Decca Recording Co. rejecting The Beatles, 1962. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB.
