Andre Yoskowitz
22 Sep 2012 12:10
While the new iPhone 5 has been an a major success so far, there has been one widely criticized aspect of the phone and its new OS, iOS 6, the Maps app.
Apple moved away from the gold standard of the Maps and Nav world, Google Maps, to start their own version. However, unlike most Apple features, the Maps app does not "just work."
The app is supposed to have photo-realistic and interactive 3D Maps, and for some places it does. For the most part, however, the maps lack details and have extremely awkward glitches that either "melt" areas of the map or flatten them. Additionally, there is a lack of transit, Street View, point of interest data and awful traffic view data.
Apple has taken the criticism to heart and is actively looking for devs to help work on the failed app. The listings (many of them) are for "software engineers who will handle development, real-time rendering and overall upgrades to the fledgling mapping service, among others."
Check the listings here: Apple Jobs
And here is the Tumblr page showing off the best fails of the new app: Theamazingios6maps.tumblr.com/