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Apple's Maps App Directs Alaska Drivers onto Airport Taxiway
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So APPLE is at fault for the airport not securing its grounds? I guess the secure part of the Fairbanks airport isn't so secure after all. Why bother using the security check point when you can print your boarding pass at home and drive right up to your plane?
And the airport blames Apple, good grief!
And the airport blames Apple, good grief!
I don't see what the big deal is. My wife and I left home and made it to the airport in 20 minutes. We were routed from the highway by Apple Maps directly onto the runway and within minutes were taxiing for departure. No lines, no lost luggage, no airplane food! I love Apple Maps - it saves us a LOT of time!
Hilarious! No long walks from the far parking lot either. lol
In due time all (well most) will be fixed. What we really need to worry about is humanity where we have people following GPS to a tee and neglecting real life signs and surroundings. It's like they have tunnel vision and staring straight at the screen! C'mon man!
Map Truth
I honestly don't think Apple is taking map truth very seriously.
There's a particular tourist attraction that is near where we live. Geographically it's very close, it's less than 100 yards from our back yard, but on the other side of a river. So, to drive to it you actually have to take a road about 5 minutes east of here. But for some reason, Apple maps directs cars to the street in front of our house. It's a residential neighbourhood, and many cars drive around so very confused as there is no way to cross the river from here.
The problem stems from an incorrect/incomplete address for this tourist attraction in the map database. It only has half the postal code, and I guess that part of the postal code has a GEOiP across from our home. I've submitted a "Report a Problem" about a hundred times, but after more than a year with no change in the map data, I wondered if the "Report a Problem" is really just a placebo. To test my theory, I attempted the same "Report a Problem" in Airplane mode (ie. no network connectivity). I clicked Send, and got the same results. It's magic. It can send a report without network connectivity. I would be interested if anyone can test whether the "Report a Problem" actually transmits anything.
I honestly don't think Apple is taking map truth very seriously.
There's a particular tourist attraction that is near where we live. Geographically it's very close, it's less than 100 yards from our back yard, but on the other side of a river. So, to drive to it you actually have to take a road about 5 minutes east of here. But for some reason, Apple maps directs cars to the street in front of our house. It's a residential neighbourhood, and many cars drive around so very confused as there is no way to cross the river from here.
The problem stems from an incorrect/incomplete address for this tourist attraction in the map database. It only has half the postal code, and I guess that part of the postal code has a GEOiP across from our home. I've submitted a "Report a Problem" about a hundred times, but after more than a year with no change in the map data, I wondered if the "Report a Problem" is really just a placebo. To test my theory, I attempted the same "Report a Problem" in Airplane mode (ie. no network connectivity). I clicked Send, and got the same results. It's magic. It can send a report without network connectivity. I would be interested if anyone can test whether the "Report a Problem" actually transmits anything.
Apple Maps STILL SUCK.
I have discovered so many problems I lost count, just from the occasional use of my wife cell and my iPad.
I have kept my iPhone in 5.1 (until 7.0 ) just so it defaults to Google Maps, and not Crapples.
Apple has made a few mistakes in past, but Maps is just a hairs shy of being deadly.
Apple should give a choice of which maps to use, until Maps is safe.
I have discovered so many problems I lost count, just from the occasional use of my wife cell and my iPad.
I have kept my iPhone in 5.1 (until 7.0 ) just so it defaults to Google Maps, and not Crapples.
Apple has made a few mistakes in past, but Maps is just a hairs shy of being deadly.
Apple should give a choice of which maps to use, until Maps is safe.
Really? I'd be very interested in hearing about your experiences with relaxed airport security in "most countries".
As a long time Google maps user, I can say you are wrong. Google maps over the years has got me lost plenty of times. I used it when it first came out on the iPhone. It often would tell me to turn after the fact, it auto corrected routes slowly, and it took more time to understand how to use. Now that it is incorporating ads I have given up on it and deleted it from my phone.
Apple's maps is prettier, is quicker, is better integrated into the phone, no ads, and for giving directions is great. The only thing Google does better is provide point of interest data.
Agreed that they need more resource dealing with these 'report a problem' submissions. In the Czech Republic there is a city that changed its name in 1990, and yes, Apple maps still shows the old name. You can actually search on the new name and it brings up the location, but it still displays the name from 23 years ago. I reported it many many months ago, still no change. Google maps and even TomTom maps show the correct name.
Using GPS or turn by turn directions is no excuse to turn your brain off. This is as sad as those stories of people who die lost down some logging road because they listened to GPS instead of engaging their brains.
What you've proven is that the acknowlegement is a placebo. The report itself could be stored up and sent when you reconnect. But I do respect you for your initiative in conceptualizing and executing a scientific test. +1000
Keep it up!
Yeah, and it's annoying when competitor ads show up when you're searching for something. The other day I searched Google maps for Starbucks, and the first thing I saw was a big ad for Tim Horton's (the Canadian coffee chain). I like Tim's, but they're not what I was looking for. I could understand if I had searched for something more generic like "coffee shop"...
I just got a new GPS nav system in my car, as well as having my iPhone with a Apple Maps, Google Maps, and Navigon (Garmin). You know what? None of them are perfect. All of them screw up at times. Though I agree that if Apple is not actively working to fix their maps, then shame on them.
This is a very astute observation. Surprisingly, I had not heard this one before. Thanks.
I have to wonder
Am I the only person that actually READS the directions ANY mapping service gives you before you decide to just start blindly driving? I think had they spent just 2 minutes reading through the directions, they would have figured out these directions were wrong, don't you think? I've had this happen with just about every mapping system out there - including Garmon... just wrong, bad directions. It happens. I hardly think one can blame the mapping system for driving onto a runway... certainly you had to see all of those planes lined up, no? lol.. I dunno...
Am I the only person that actually READS the directions ANY mapping service gives you before you decide to just start blindly driving? I think had they spent just 2 minutes reading through the directions, they would have figured out these directions were wrong, don't you think? I've had this happen with just about every mapping system out there - including Garmon... just wrong, bad directions. It happens. I hardly think one can blame the mapping system for driving onto a runway... certainly you had to see all of those planes lined up, no? lol.. I dunno...
I know what you mean. I Googled Starbucks, but I got steered to McDonald's. I ended up spilling hot coffee on my lap and getting third degree burns over my body. You can be sure I'll be suing Google for this.
Um, it does. Why do you think there's a Google Maps app? Just don't use Apple Maps and quit yer bitchin'.
I have to agree on that one. None of the maps are perfect. thats why I use my common sense to judge where I should go and not follow blindly. I have google maps, tomtom and navigon installed on my phone on top of the build in apple map. Use your brains people. Stop trying to blame people of your stupid mistakes.