$324.00? Glad I don't work in the US! If I was contracting as Senior UX I get $700 p/day, no way I'd give up my day job.
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Apple Paying Freelancers to Improve the Accuracy of Apple Maps
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$324.00? Glad I don't work in the US! If I was contracting as Senior UX I get $700 p/day, no way I'd give up my day job.
They should really also focus on the Navigation guidance as well. I prefer Google over Apple Maps not because of accuracy (though this is obviously important, I find Apple Maps 'accurate' enough) but because Google tells me which lanes to use to exit the freeway. It would be nice if they told me that I could 'Use the left two lanes' to exit, and perhaps pop up a picture of the exit with your lanes highlighted as some Nav systems do. This is extremely useful on 8 lane freeways, that lead to other 8 lane freeways.
The name of my neighbourhood in Canada has been misspelt ever since Apple Maps came out in 2012. When I noticed it on the app the day it came out, I reported it right away. I kept checking it every week to see if it had been fixed, and if it hadn't I reported it again. I kept it up for about 6 weeks until I gave up.
I checked back on it about 3 years later in 2015, it was still misspelt and so I reported it again. They still didn't fix it.
It is now 2017, and I have reported it twice already this year, even asking them to respond to me by email once it has been fixed. It hasn't been fixed yet.
I've given up on Apple Maps. If they don't have the time to fix inaccuracies that I have reported at least 10 times after 5 years, even if it's a meager typo, then I will be sticking with Google Maps permanently.
It's quite sad. Maybe I'm just ranting but I wanted to share my experience with how crappy they are at fixing things.
I checked back on it about 3 years later in 2015, it was still misspelt and so I reported it again. They still didn't fix it.
It is now 2017, and I have reported it twice already this year, even asking them to respond to me by email once it has been fixed. It hasn't been fixed yet.
I've given up on Apple Maps. If they don't have the time to fix inaccuracies that I have reported at least 10 times after 5 years, even if it's a meager typo, then I will be sticking with Google Maps permanently.
It's quite sad. Maybe I'm just ranting but I wanted to share my experience with how crappy they are at fixing things.
yeap
bah that show is just to see what sticks. The real innovation they are doing inside the city size building is:
Watchband designs!!!
These types of jobs are immensely similar to what you see happen in economies enduring severe unemployment--yet, the US has been at full employment for quite a while. The US seems to be in a lot of trouble. It feels like the entire millennial generation is underemployed and subsisting on severe debt, helped by artificially low insurance rates, and/or borrowed (basically another form of inherited) money from their families.
This is very scary, and means we're close to a collapse more permanent than anything I've ever seen in a history or economics textbook.
This entire economy kind of even further demolishes economic arguments conservatives have been making for decades (you know, the only argument they've made other than 'trickle down') that government intervention in the form of regulation, social safety nets, affordable education, subsidized housing, etc., etc., do more harm than good for the economy.
In fact, it seems like without government intervention in a modern economy the entire economy primarily becomes a massive form of redistributing wealth from the bottom to the top, until the debt and inequality becomes totally untenable and the entire country collapses. Very scary.
This is very scary, and means we're close to a collapse more permanent than anything I've ever seen in a history or economics textbook.
This entire economy kind of even further demolishes economic arguments conservatives have been making for decades (you know, the only argument they've made other than 'trickle down') that government intervention in the form of regulation, social safety nets, affordable education, subsidized housing, etc., etc., do more harm than good for the economy.
In fact, it seems like without government intervention in a modern economy the entire economy primarily becomes a massive form of redistributing wealth from the bottom to the top, until the debt and inequality becomes totally untenable and the entire country collapses. Very scary.
Yeah that's the bigger news... Apple severely under-pays workers...
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Hillarious!!! TBH I wouldn't be surprised if similar mediums are used by Apple/Google to create a fake online fanboy presence that dominates anecdotal praise/criticism of core apps.
An app like this would be a cool way of proving that both get a few things horribly wrong but on the whole get stuff pretty spot on.
In my own personal experiences, I find the directions match Waze turn for turn... both of which put Google Maps to shame when dealing with the 1-way roads of cities. I still use Waze though, because the crowd-sourced traffic data and on-the-fly rerouting based on it are quite great. I fall back to Google Maps for transit directions though.
It sure is strange that they're using Senior UX designers to perform manual data validation in your country.
Has anyone ever heard of Mechanical Turk? $.54/task would be a downright windfall for most of the people fishing for bit gigs through open marketplaces for task based data validation assignments.
Anyway, I don't know how $.54/task adds up against other opportunities for low skilled labor because I don't really know exactly what's being asked and how often it's being asked. I'm clueless about the specifics... just like nearly every single other commenter in this thread.
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It could be the way that it is by design and perhaps they should rethink how they give directions in areas like yours or give you the option of changing how it gives directions, but for me the fact that it doesn't constantly bombard me with input is the reason why I prefer Apple Maps' turn by turn directions over Google's. I find Google Maps' turn by turn to be too aggressive, like it's in the backseat criticizing my driving. I don't need ten reminders and a description of the kind of flowers that I'll see next to the road sign to tell me that it's the right exit.
Anyone know if it's possible to change settings in Google Maps to get it to chill out a bit?
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No kidding. Last Saturday, I wanted to return used Nespresso capsules to their nearest recycling center. Go on the Nespresso app. There's one at 3200 Highway 7 in Vaughan, ON. Click on the "Directiond" button. Up comes Apple Map. I'm roughly at Yonge and Hwy 7. It directs me to go West on 7. So far so good. Then it tells me to turn SOuth on Center St, and that my destination is a small strip mall at Center and Dufferin. The actual store is at Hwy 7 and Jane. Bring up a map and look it up. It's not even close.
[doublepost=1496707590][/doublepost]this article is misleading. this site TryRating has has robots.txt. there not even paying for drivers in the U.S
In an effort to improve Apple Maps, which many iPhone users still consider to be inferior to Google Maps, Apple has enlisted the help of contracted freelancers to validate the accuracy of points of interest and other information, in exchange for micropayments, according to French blog iGeneration.
For the past year, through a platform called TryRating, Apple has reportedly paid freelancers 54 cents per task on average, with each task often only taking a few minutes to complete. The fine print allegedly limits freelancers to 600 completed tasks, and no more than 20 hours worked, per week.
The report doesn't specify how freelancers are selected, but they appear to be recruited through a third-party subcontractor.
A typical task, for example, could be verifying the accuracy and relevance of the search results that Apple Maps shows for a "McDonald's" query for a particular location. The freelancer's task would be to ensure the McDonald's restaurants listed are within a close distance, have accurate addresses, and so forth.
Apple's so-called TryRating platform with a typical verification task
Apple supposedly has a 200-page Maps Search Evaluation Guidelines document that freelancers are required to follow.
One of the examples Apple provides is a search from Somerville, Massachusetts for "Machu Picchu," a well-known historical site in Peru, but also the name of a local restaurant in the city. A freelancer's task would be to ensure all of the search results for "Machu Picchu" are contextually relevant.
iGeneration's in-depth report provides further details about Apple's so-called TryRating platform, which it likens to Amazon's Mechanical Turk.
Apple Maps launched in 2012 and was quickly criticized for having incomplete and inaccurate mapping data, which led some iPhone users on dangerous routes. Apple CEO Tim Cook offered a rare public apology for the frustration it caused customers, and then iOS chief Scott Forstall was ousted just one month later.
Apple Maps still gets a bad rap among some users, but Apple's continued efforts to improve the app should help reverse some of those opinions.
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Yep. So again, your mileage may vary. I suspect "the rest of the world" is not quite accurate (unless you can verify from going to every city on the planet), but I'm sure it's better in some places than others. Just an anecdotal comment that for me, it works pretty reliably and has only gotten better.
I’ve been reporting my incorrect home address to Apple for 2 years. From iPad, iPhone, iMac and MacBook Pro...and from my wife’s iPhone, iPad, and MacBook Air.
I’ve even sent photos showing the correct address as I submit the report from iPhone.
Apple has not fixed the error yet....
I’ve been doing the same on the map app correcting a few local business and to be honest get a email back clarifying and thanking me within a few weeks