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Apple's Maps App Directs Alaska Drivers onto Airport Taxiway

dnask8 said:
Good to know you can straight up drive onto the airport in Alaska. Remember that Homeland Security thing? Guess they don't up there.
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Mainly because the US is so paranoid. Most countries are a bit more relaxed out things.
 
I still using Maps because is fun, I take picture of the screen when the address is messed up, at least twice a month here in Miami.
 
OK that is not cool, but legit question. Why is there even a way for cars to do this without any type of security? Meanwhile inside the airport the are giving body cavity searches... :eek:

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freedevil said:
Apple should have just paid google instead of going through this inefficient route. Tom tom will never be as good.
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I don't think that was an option, they just refused to give apple access to turn by turn api.
 
Over the past year, Apple Maps still displays an MTR (subway) station in CBD of Hong Kong (the Admiralty Station), in a country park, despite my numerous report of such problem via the app. :mad:
 
This makes perfect sense, since new iPhones are being routed through Alaska by UPS, it's just letting new owners come pick up the phones instead of waiting for delivery. :p
 
I recall, back when Apple Maps made its debut (and we were denied Google Maps on our iPhones for a few months), I complained loudly about how Apple Maps sucked in comparison to Google Maps. And I don't even live in Alaska.

There were, of course (as is always the case on this site's forums) dozens of Apple defenders rushing to explain to me why I should no longer have my choice of map apps.

This article made me chuckle. Why the religious die-hards insist that my iPhone should only use an Apple product as my map, I'll never really understand, but it became a moot point several minutes after the new Google Maps app became available. It's still much better, by the way, and thanks very much.

Fanbois, save your breath. The oxygen is wasted upon you.
 
pirateyarrr said:
I recall, back when Apple Maps made its debut (and we were denied Google Maps on our iPhones for a few months), I complained loudly about how Apple Maps sucked in comparison to Google Maps. And I don't even live in Alaska.

There were, of course (as is always the case on this site's forums) dozens of Apple defenders rushing to explain to me why I should no longer have my choice of map apps.

This article made me chuckle. Why the religious die-hards insist that my iPhone should only use an Apple product as my map, I'll never really understand, but it became a moot point several minutes after the new Google Maps app became available. It's still much better, by the way, and thanks very much.

Fanbois, save your breath. The oxygen is wasted upon you.
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What surprised me is that after the debut of Google Maps in the App Store why would anybody still use Apple Maps?
 
This is not surprising. At all. They changed the off-ramp to the freeway near my work about a year ago. I've reported it probably 10 times. I've used as many different descriptions and methods that I can think of, but it's still out of date on Apple Maps. Overall they're not terrible, but they could be SO much better if they would actually use the likely millions of reports people have been submitting.

Are the ground truth people supposed to be processing all the reports? Is that a robots job? Do the reports just go into the ether? I'd really like to know.
 
randyj said:
How is this still front page news.
Google maps was riddled with errors in the early days. It took 4 years for them to update a 2 way street I worked in from a one way street.
It is only because Apple has 700 million IOS devices out there that a lot of errors have been found. All will be fixed in due course.
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In the early days of Google Maps, there was no Google Maps Navigation. People weren't even using Google Maps on mobile initially. The big difference is Google slowly added these features whereas Apple tried to copy Google Maps all at once causing the uproar. Over time they will certainly get it where it needs to be but these issues aren't surprising.
 
Though airport staff have complained to Apple via the attorney general's office, the Maps app is currently still routing drivers to the taxiway.
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This part is troubling. The fact that after another year, Apple still doesn't have a system setup for communication of these dangerous maps issues with local governments is inexcusable.
 
Colino said:
TomTom needs to get their act together.
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You can sit and wait for TomTom to "get their act together", whatever that means (if you ever sampled GPS's pre-phone-directions-era, you knew TomTom was inferior, as they are now)......

or you can give up the religious devotion to one company, and actually pick the product that offers the better maps, the less-closed phone OS, and better specs for less money.

I'm not saying everyone should dump their iPhones. They're certainly the better choice for non-techie types. But that comes with a price - if you think that saying "TomTom needs to get their act together" is going to result in some magical transformation, I've got a few bridges to sell you. There's no motivation for that to occur, because the masses are already slavishly devoted to their iPhones. That's fine, just don't expect the kind of accuracy you're going to get with Google Maps, cuz you ain't gonna get it.
 
dnask8 said:
Good to know you can straight up drive onto the airport in Alaska. Remember that Homeland Security thing? Guess they don't up there.
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Seriously...this isn't an excuse for Apple's poor map directions, but an airport that's large enough for a 737 is typically barricaded by lots of fencing; not a simple gate that can apparently be driven by. Seems weird.
 
At least Apples satelite imagery is up to date. Google maps doesn't show my pool, and it's nearing 4 years since it was put in.
I've used google maps and tomtom before, they are far from perfect as well. Both have gotten me lost before, but never in trouble by going somewhere I shouldn't.
 
I'm in Phoenix, Arizona. It is a pretty big and established metro area. I live in a a part of town that has been around for about 10+ years. Apple Maps can't get me home on the road that is significantly faster than the rest. Even when I am on the road, it tells me to turn around, leave the neighborhood, do a big loop around to the other side. The road has existed for at least 15 years. Every week or so, I switch back to apple maps and it drives me into a wall or something.

Google gave me a problem once in the last year. But it got me close enough (one street over) that I could find the address.

rydewnd2 said:
Google wouldn't give iOS users turn by turn navigation at all. The only reason they have it now is to appear the "better" alternative to Apple Maps. I've had Google maps give me insane directions also, Apple's just getting all the press because of how poorly they came out of the gates.
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