It's got some oddities in the Victoria park area, like service stations that haven't been in operation for at least 20 years. I guess it's up to us to give feedback to bring it up to speed.
Sent from my iPad On 21/09/2012, at 8:03 AM, Peter Hinchliffe <[email protected]> wrote: > No doubt like many others, I received a newsletter email from MacTalk this > morning. For the benefit of those who didn't, or for those who don't read > MacTalk at all, the following is a quote from part of its content: > > 'iOS 6 came out yesterday, and while there are many features to love in the > newest version of the OS, one big criticism is the new Maps App. Sure it's > pretty in places, but there's very little in the way of, you know, useful map > information. Those of us using the iOS 6 beta for the last few months have > been quietly hoping for a Google Maps app on launch, but when asked about > Maps for iOS, Google seemed a little cagey. > > Speaking of Maps, Australians were a little annoyed to learn that turn by > turn would not be available in this country with iOS 6. Scott Forstall > responded that "Australia was very important to Apple", and that turn by turn > would be coming soon. A day later, Mactalk member Tomwazere spotted an update > to the iOS 6 features page, and Turn by Turn was listed as "Coming in > October". ' > > I must say at this point that for my purposes the new Maps app does not > appear to be any more or less functional than the Google-based app was. It > does seem seem to be basically serviceable though, so I don't feel any worse > off. We just have to hope that Apple continues to develop and improve it. > Their track record in this regard with other projects is not encouraging > though (eg iWork on the Mac). > > Peter Hinchliffe Apwin Computer Services > FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer > Perth, Western Australia > Phone (618) 9332 6482 Mob 0403 046 948 > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://lists.wamug.org.au/pipermail/wamug.org.au-wamug/attachments/20120921/eb83c515/attachment.htm > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
