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I'm thinking it's a ploy to get people to read yet another criticism of Apple's new maps.

We get it, they're bad.

EDIT: Frankly, I think it's pretty hilarious this article is so long and formal.

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I actually found this article to be the first one that didn't just criticize Apple, but actually made suggestions about how they should go about fixing it. It was rather interesting for someone like me who has no experience in map making, to see how much is really involved in digital cartography.

edit: on a related note, I always took google maps for granted, but now that I realize how fantastic of an effort it must take to map the world to the degree they do, I have much more respect for it, and I think it is amazing in terms of "cataloging the worlds information".

The Atlantic recently wrote up a nice piece on Google Maps. It explores just how complex the whole operation is, how many humans and machines are involved in making Google's maps...

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/09/how-go...

That article is a bit infamous for its over-the-top advertisement value by now.

See e.g. http://blog.telemapics.com/?p=394

Very interesting article, thanks for the read.

Hey now, only an average of 20% of all front-page stories in the past 24 hours have been bashing on the new maps app. That's tame by HN groupmind standards.

This isn't some point-and-laugh thing. It's informative and interesting. If this is "long and formal" to you, I don't know what to say. It's like 500 words, and a bunch of it is bulleted points.

God I hate clickbait.

Thanks for the warning though

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