Last week, Apple's CEO Tim Cook apologized for iOS 6 Maps app in an open letter to customers but promised that the company was doing its very best to make Maps better.
Users have criticized Apple's Maps app
for the lack of public transit information, inaccuracies in Apple’s
mapping data, errors in locating points of interest and sometimes
weird 3D mapping imagery.
Apple has also tapped its retail store employees to help improve the Maps app by asking them to report errors.
MacRumors reports that some of their forum members are already noticing improvements in Apple's Maps app:
While
improvements have been ongoing, MacRumors forum members yesterday began
noticing what appears to be a larger set of additions to the 3D content
in the Maps app, including both the satellite/aerial imagery and the
standard maps. One region that was among the first to be noticed was the
New York City area, with a number of improvements including new 3D
imagery of the Statue of Liberty being seen.
We've also heard
from users who have experienced new Flyover imagery showing up in
Honolulu, Hawaii and in the San Fernando Valley in the Los Angeles area.
The changes are also affecting the standard vector-based maps as well,
with users reporting new 3D buildings showing up in New York City and
London.
But it looks like the new imagery hasn't
been rolled out to all users. As we still can't see the new 3D imagery
of the Statue of Liberty seen in the image above.
We've also received several tips from
our readers that they've noticed improvements in the point of interest
database in their cities. It is indeed step in the right direction, but
Apple has an uphill task of catching up with Google Maps, which has a
7-year head start.
Have you noticed improvements in iOS 6 Maps app? Please do share them in the comments below.
[via MacRumors]
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