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It isn't a case of buying a better dataset, Apple needs to use the good data they already have correctly. See my comment below; in this case Apple is giving co
by SyneRyder 14y ago
It isn't a case of buying a better dataset, Apple needs to use the good data they already have correctly. See my comment below; in this case Apple is giving co-ordinates for the center of the Shire Of Mildura (a local government region), instead of the co-ordinates for the town of Mildura. Both co-ordinates are in the free GeoNames dataset that Apple already has access to.
- mikeash 14y agoAgreed, the search is worse than the actual data. When iOS 6 was first available, I hit a link to a restaurant on a web site that opened Maps to the restaurant's supposed location. The location it opened actually had the restaurant's exact, correct, latitude and longitude. But Maps decided it knew better and showed me where it thought the restaurant with that name was, which was about a half mile off. If I removed the name and left the lat/lon then it was correct. Or just search for "emergency room" and notice how, even today, it still shows tons of medical stuff but no actual emergency rooms.