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"as Maps is a cloud-based solution, the more people use it, the better it will get." That's a nice non sequitur, but doesn't really answer how they're going to
by archangel_one 14y ago
"as Maps is a cloud-based solution, the more people use it, the better it will get."
That's a nice non sequitur, but doesn't really answer how they're going to solve this problem. They say they're working hard on it, but the scale of the data here means that you can have people working hard for months and not fix even 1% of the errors. "The cloud" isn't going to magically solve them itself.
- taligent 14y agoPretty simple. Apple can do what Google does. Buy/license data from third parties. You didn't think Google created all of it did you ?
- fpgeek 14y agoUm, that's what Apple is already doing. So far, it isn't working. Google started doing more than that quite some time ago. They even stopped using TomTom / Tele Atlas (one of Apple's bigger third-party data suppliers) in 2009. Does basing a lot of your map data on a source that Google rejected years ago sound like a way to stay competitive? Moreover, one of the things I've seen mapping experts say today is that integrating a variety of data providers can make the maps problem harder instead of easier.
- rabidsnail 14y ago> Moreover, one of the things I've seen mapping experts say today is that integrating a variety of data providers can make the maps problem harder instead of easier. A man with one watch always knows what time it is. A man with two watches never does.
- BitMastro 14y agoYou also forgot "and put a lot of effort and many years of research and human-curated content". Of course they can do it, but can they do in a short time? Probably not.
- hyperbovine 14y agoGoogle Maps is seven years old. Do you really think people are going to wait around until 2019 for Apple to fix this? This is a rare but genuine example of (the modern) Apple completely fucking up; it surprises me that some people are so unwilling to acknowledge the fact.
- jarcoal 14y agoIt won't take 7 years to make another mapping solution. Google took that long because they had to blaze a lot of new trails that Apple can conveniently learn from.
- roc 14y agoThey're going to solve it the same way anyone would. By spending a lot of time -- and making their vendors spend a lot of time -- addressing issues as they're identified. And the 'cloud-based' nature of the app isn't entirely irrelevant, as it means that fixes will be available to everyone as soon as they're made. Users won't ever have to worry about running updates for their map application to get the latest fixes.
- jarcoal 14y agoThis is such a silly comment. They will shovel truckloads of cash and labor at it, that's how it will get fixed.