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Apple Maps’ offering might surprise people who remember its disastrous launch in 2012, which the Guardian described as the company’s “first significant failure in years”. Users were more than furious – they were lost, sometimes dangerously so. In Australia, police had to rescue tourists from the huge Murray-Sunset national park, after Maps placed the city of Mildura in the wrong place by more than 40 miles. Some of the motorists located by police had been stranded for 24 hours without food or water. In Ireland, ministers had to complain directly to Apple after a cafe and gardens called “Airfield” was designated by the service as an actual airport.

But mostly the map was just glitchy and unhelpful, its directions always a little off kilter. Users revolted and Apple made a rare retreat, allowing Google Maps to be used as the default on many iPhone apps and apologizing for the product.

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    1 year ago

    It’s not directly about OSM but I thought it would be of interest to people here. I certainly found it interesting; it’s good to update my knowledge about a map service I know less about.

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      1 year ago

      Hmmm, maybe a general geo-community should be started then? I’d like to keep this one OSM-centric.

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        1 year ago

        I would argue that OSM doesn’t exist in a bubble and that discussion about other maps and related services is very relevant to OSM.

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          1 year ago

          This argument is definitively true, but I come to this OSM-community for news about OSM and for help about OSM, not for general map discussions - that is explicitly the scope of this community.

          Lemmy is big enough to have a general maps- and geo-community, go on an create it!