hagar

So many countries in the world, and there's only one where this is an issue. Grow up!
what the hell are you even doing in restrooms in the US that is so sexually oriented????

transgender people need our support, not laws that make their lives harder. 

Kanjo said:

I don't agree. My take of the same WWDC 11 minute  maps"session" video.
https://atadistance.net/2016/07/03/apple-maps-cultural-curation-or-cultural-imperialism/

Great post! I am also convinced that Apple just linked up some external sources (Yelp, Trip Advisor, Tom Tom), threw them together and assumed it would all work out. Well, you're right, it doesn't. And the fact that Apple simply refuses to update things, implies they still don't know how to deal with the corrections sent by its users. Luckily things have been improving. Slowly.

The centre of Brussels (Belgium) became a large pedestrian zone, and prior to rolling it out, the city council informed all major map makers about the upcoming changes to avoid traffic chaos. Google immediately updated the map. Apple didn't, and now we are 13 months down the line and the map of the centre of Brussel is still outdated. The city and users reported it over and over again. To no avail.

While I can appreciate that Apple wants its transit data to be correct, the history of Maps does not back this claim up. They don't shy away from incorrect data. And second, I rather have some basic data, than no data at all:
- step 1: add info on stops and lines (provided by the agencies)
- step 2: add realtime transit data (provided by the agencies)
- step 3: add underground maps of stations, exit signs and names, local naming conventions, etc (provided by Apple)

Step 1 and 2 are a must and this data already exists. Step 3 is merely nice to have. Icing on the cake. But it shouldn't block rolling out steps 1 and 2. If I know where the metro station is and where the line will take me, I can figure out how to navigate in the station. It's been done by millions of people everyday. Without Apple Maps Transit. 

Thanks for pointing me to Joanna Stern's article on iPhone and AI in WSJ. I think she's spot on. The position of Apple on privacy is not a desirable one. If I look at my Android friends that are amazed by the AI delivered to their phone by Google & friends that analyse their data, I can't help but wonder how Apple will ever deliver something similar? 
Nobody seems to care that Apple protects their privacy (it's a multinational too!) and Google not. They just want useful information delivered to them when they need it.

One problem with this story: Apple has no search engine or algorithms. Search in the App Store, Mac store, Maps and iTunes is astonishingly bad. Even in 2016 they don't offer fuzzy search or AI. 

rob53 said:

Just a bunch of rats jumping ship. 

What a horrible analogy to make your point. Rats only jump ship when it's sinking.