Apple hiring developers to work on widely-criticized iOS 6 Maps - Page 5

 

Sorry, posting links to a few opinion pieces simply doesn't constitute proof. And, since you are unable to articulate an argument of your own, you clearly don't have an intelligible one.

 

We see this sort of thing all the time on AI: trolls, astroturfers, true believers, professional shills all come here spouting talking points, sometimes with "links to back them up" that don't support their arguments at all. Some don't care. Some don't realize. One, apparently hopes no one will read them since his linked to articles often contradict his claims. All these posts are just noise. Your posts are just noise.

 

Let's get this straight. Links to opinion pieces don't support an argument. Links to primary sources may. Objective analysis articles may or may not. Simply finding something on the Internet that says something similar to what you are saying isn't offering an argument nor does it prove anything. Even with primary sources, you still have to offer an argument about what they actually say and that it's the whole story.

 

Sorry, if you can't make your own argument, you don't deserve to be heard. If all you offer in "support" of "allegations" is links to other people expressing their unsupported opinions, you don't deserve to be heard. Not everyone has something to say worth listening to, and you are in the group that doesn't.

 

 

Your "shareholder" comments don't have any credibility, not after the rest of your comments, and particularly that quoted above.

 

But, just for fun, let's assume you are a shareholder, for the sake of discussion. So, as a shareholder, you think it's a good idea to come on a public forum and trash the company that you have all this money invested in, calling for executives heads when it's obvious that your comments will have no impact on the company itself? There are only 2 possible conclusions that could be drawn from such behavior.

 

1. You're lying, and you don't own even a single share of APPL.

 

2. You're insane.

 

I'm going to go with option 1. I think most others will too, although, a few may choose, all of the above.

I used maps today for some navigation.  While I initially liked the app, the accuracy was piss poor.  I used it to try and find a Wal-Mart.  Yeah, it lead me on a wild goose chase, telling me to turn where I merely had to bend to the right or left.  The Wal-Mart was not there.  Fortunately the second one was.  There were also a few turns that didn't exist in reality ("turn on X in 1.9 miles" and yet there was no turn despite it being shown on the map at the current location).  

I've relied on google maps on ios for so long during my time here in Hong Kong, navigating around the city, looking up shops, finding addresses and now I feel like I've taken ten steps back in map technolgy. Will for sure have to find other apps to use whilst Apple needs to work furiously on their maps software. Googles data set is much much more refined. Building outlines were so helpful on the zoomed in views. I didn't realize how convenient and how much I relied on the maps app until I updated and had to use it to look for a place whilst I was out last night....I got so pissed with Apples app after it inaccurately gave me a street location and made me wander off a few blocks in the wrong direction

Hope Apple rectifies this very SOOOON! or give us Gmaps back!!!! FFS!!!
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That's all well and good, but like you said yourself, all they have to do is add their own voice-recog software and Siri would be outmatched. This was never about Siri's voice recog abilities, but rather her ability to (1) answer questions correctly the first time (2) and understand Jeopardy-level nuances in the language, which Watson does AMAZINGLY well.

 

As a matter of fact, IBM is collaborating with Memorial Sloan-Ketting Cancer Center on the development of a an outcome and evidence-based decision support system. The Watson-based service will assist the hospital group’s doctors with the hospital group’s doctors with the diagnosis of cancer and suggest treatment options by mining the most current and comprehensive information available.

"The need for such an advanced technology arises from the steadily increasing complexity of oncology treatment. Cancers are the second most common cause of death in the U.S., second only to heart disease, and the American Cancer Society projects that 1.6 million new cancer cases will be diagnosed in the U.S. this year* with outcomes varying widely across the country. Cancer is not one disease but some hundreds of sub-types, each with a different genetic fingerprint. Significant discoveries in molecular biology and genetics in the past two decades have delivered new insights into cancer biology and strategies for targeting specific molecular alterations in tumors, but these advances have also ratcheted up the complexity of diagnosing and treating each case. Oncologists and physicians who do not specialize in specific sub-types of cancer face a significant challenge in keeping up with the magnitude of rapidly changing information."

“The combination of transformational technologies found in Watson with our cancer analytics and decision-making process has the potential to revolutionize the accessibility of information for the treatment of cancer in communities across the country and around the world,” said MSKCC President and CEO Craig B. Thompson. “Consistent with our mission, the vision is to help better identify and personalize cancer therapies for each individual patient, no matter where that patient may be receiving care. We also expect tremendous new research opportunities to emerge from this collaboration.”

Memorial Sloan-Ketting Cancer Center is world's oldest and largest private cancer center.


1. No author provided. 22 March 2012. Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, IBM to Collaborate in Applying Watson Technology to Help Oncologists. IBM Develop Works. Retrieved 22 September 2012.

I've had Apple swag going all the way back to the //c, so Apple and I go WAY back. The difference between you and me is that (1) I'm not blindly loyal to a platform and (2) I use the brain that I was given. Just because I point out Apple's deficiencies lately doesn't make me a troll or anything else illegitimate. You apologists are either biased by being shareholders or simply blinded by the Apple Religion. Fortunately, I know how to call a spade a spade.

Where exactly do I believe I was deficient in making my points? You see, that's how debate works. I give a point, and you give a counter point. Instead what has happened here is that I presented facts as I understood them and provided proof via authoritative links. And instead of you DISPROVING the information provided, you gave broad statements as to why you think I don't understand the argument. That's just smoke and mirrors and a waste of my time and everyone elses.

SO... either explain in detail why the information I provided was inaccurate or STFU and stop wasting everyone's time.

 

I guess this time Apple will let several options open for you. If you are not willing to wait  more than just a couple of days, you can revert back your Igadget to IOS 5.x, buy a GPS device or buy an Android device. But, if you're willing to wait about one month, you can make a deal with the "devil", i.e. to buy the new WP8 phone Nokia Lumia 920 with its superb worldwide map and navigation system [even without any cellular data connection], IMO besting even Google's effort in some features, plus you get added "benefits" such as a better camera, a better OS integration and consistency- not to mention the ability to finally break free from the already 30 year old icon centric UI still touted by everybody else under the sun even when it feels already dated.

 

 

 

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Aren't you tired looking at those icons Tallest? I've been  with Windows 3.1 using the icons claimed to be copied out of Mac's "look and feel". I had extensively  used OS/2 in the 1990's,  a vastly better OS than both Windows and Mac OS combined as it already had a built in Preemptive multitasking more than a decade before Windows iterations and Mac iterations [OSX is when it is fully preemptive]. It rarely crashes in comparison to Windows 3.1 or even Mac OS. Albeit, due to a half-hearted attempt by IBM top banana at the time [Lou Gertsner] to support this OS and Microsoft total abandonment of it, I could only practically use it for less than two years as I elected not to upgrade to OS/2 Merlin as there were almost no major apps to speak of aside from running Windows Apps through the Windows emulation engine it has. Oh, I forget to mention another wonderful OS, AmigaOS. They are all good in their own way, but they are all "icon"-ic. Apple was "inspired" by this icon oriented user interface in early 80's, and Microsoft "followed" Apple lead a couple of years later. We've been living trapped inside this iconic cocoon for about 30 years now. It's dated and shows its age. In some OS'es, notably IOS, take a look at those icon defined by its rigid grid-like existence, it all looks so awfully old, repetitive and tiresome. 

 

A lot of kudos go to Microsoft that behaves like it has nothing to lose by ditching this iconic existence with WP 7.x and WP8. Microsoft actually doesn't have anything to lose in going to a completely different direction in the smartphone world as it has almost negligible market share there. It needs that "nothing-to-lose" attitude perhaps to bring forward a fresh and revolutionary approach. These live tiles are something else and it is a new concept, a paradigm shift, which challenges the deeply ingrained iconic stronghold in the computer world.  This icon is the Goliath of he computer world, and the live tile is like David. In the miniaturized version of OS'es for use with hand held devices and smart phones, Live Tiles fit perfectly with its built-in ability to update itself with pertinent information in a very unobtrusive way, and they are very alive. 

 

Now, if we are talking about Windows 8, we are talking about something entirely different. There will be less need to miniaturized or "versatilized" things we have on the desktop, but it is a welcome features/options. It is perhaps the matter of getting used to something new. It is hard to unlearn something that has been ingrained for many many years. I have personally installed an RTM of Windows 8 on my two year old 2GB Netbook. It runs as swiftly or better than Windows 7. The fact that it requires extra steps when accomplishing many tasks relative to previous versions of Windows is quite frustrating at times. Windows 8 is actually two windowed world exist in one OS. Many of current apps will revert you back to the desktop with its, tada..., old iconic world.

 

I start to think differently after using this W8 for a couple of months [Release Preview and RTM]. Windows 8 is just an intro to the next dimension of Windows. So, I start visualizing the old windows desktop as a point [or a live tile] in Windows 8 user interface. So, since W8 is one dimension higher than Windows desktop, it can freely go in and out of it at any time. So, you have that added flexibility. Watching Rob Bryanton's short video about "imagining the ninth dimension" about the higher dimension concept can help illustrate my point. The point is whether having this option really adds to Windows' functionality on a much bigger screen. I think the only reason why this lower dimension exist is due to the heavy baggage that W8 has to carry, namely legacy Windows applications. Once majority of these older applications have their w8 counterparts, Windows users will have no need to go to that lower dimension that often. At some point in time, W9 perhaps, Windows users may lament the old desktop as just a relic of the past which they may visit from time to time to run their beloved legacy apps which for one reason or another are not being updated to their newer iterations. Then and only then, the "iconic" Windows will be a thing of the past. I personally prefer the transition from the icon centric user interface to go faster, but the millions of "iconic" computerized devices will make this time of transition be very tedious and long. The very elementary human psyche's resistance to change is also another factor which may make this transition even harder. 

 

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Just had to share this one.

"Does Apple have a Chief Cartographer?
Does Apple have a Cartographic Advisory Board?
Who is helping them address the myriad problems they will experience with data quality and data integration?"

http://www.gpsbites.com/mike-dobson-telemapics-interview
Interview with Michael Dobson of TeleMapics – The Challenges Facing Apple, TomTom, and Garmin
July 31, 2012

Michael Dobson of TeleMapics also nailed Apple current problem back on June 13th in his blog post "Apple and Mapping?"
http://blog.telemapics.com/?p=386

Oh yes, and don't miss his latest post on the subject, "Google Maps announces a 400 year advantage over Apple Maps" The title is just tongue and cheek (y)- http://blog.telemapics.com/?p=399
Edited by tink - 9/23/12 at 1:56pm

Actually it is still one lazy click away, go to google.com/maps and make it a web app, works well, directions, satellite etc, everything but streetview.

Mike Dobson makes numerous allegations and assertions without providing very much evidence for his opinion. Furthermore, in most instances he identifies potential issues Apple may have but doesn't explain why he believes Apple is experiencing those issues other than a few nebulous comments.

Right now I can't decide between the Nokia Lumia 920 and the Samsung ATIV S. They both have their merits. The 920 has PureView (the best still photography and video in the industry) and the ATIV S has a bigger screen and expandability. Having choice is nice, wouldn't you say?