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
