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The Apple Maps fiasco has been a thorn in the side of Cupertino ever since Google Maps was given the boot earlier this year when iOS 6 launched. Its faults and shortcomings have been thoroughly documented and aside from some general frustration from most users, nobody has really been any worse for wear – or so we thought.
A new report from Down Under reveals that Apple Maps has been responsible for a lot more than just casual frustration. In fact, police in Mildura are urging motorists to proceed with caution as the software has led a number of travelers into dangerous territory in recent weeks.
Local police have reportedly been called to assist distressed motorists that were led into the Murray-Sunset National Park and became lost due to incorrect directions. Authorities have conducted their own tests on the software and found it shows Mildura is located in the middle of the national park. In reality, the city is located some 70km away.
You may not think that being stranded in a national park would pose much of a threat but that’s probably before you factor in that there is no water supply and temperatures can reach nearly 50 Celsius during the summer months. As a result, police say a few drivers were stranded for over 24 hours without food or water. Others walked long distances over rough terrain in order to gain cell phone reception.
Mildura police have reportedly contacted Apple in hopes of getting the error fixed in a timely manner.
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3DCGMODELER said:
Oh my..... this isn't the line for Coffee... darn..
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Darth Shiv said:
This is a problem of error bands. If the accuracy of the map is meant to be "to within +/- 3 light-years", then it is terrifyingly accurate! However, if advertised as accurate to +/- 200metres (which would be useful) it is an absolute, unmitigated load of old bollocks. It's all relative, as always.Yeah Mildura is a major town - not just a single pub and a couple of houses. Any mapping service in the country should have that one right otherwise they are hopeless!
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learninmypc said:
34° 11? 0? S, 142° 9? 0? E are the coordinates if one didn't know.
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1 person liked this |NTAPRO said:
Sheep go where they're told. To the iShop. To the middle of nowhere.The rest of them go here and use google
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learninmypc said:
I do prefer http://maps.google.com./ over any other
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That this is why I still bring printed maps with me when I travel.I know this is going to sound far fetched, so you'd better sit down, but I remember the days when you could walk into a gas station and get a nice big paper map to just about anywhere, FOR FREE...!
If Steve Jobs was still around, he'd have this straightened out in a flash. "You were either holding the iPhone iWrong, or Mildura was never where it was supposed to be in the first place". "And by the way, the iPhone 6 will be out soon. You'd better buy your camping equipment".
In truth, this whole sordid affair could have been prevented, if the iPhone users, had had that self same iStandinline camping tackle in the car when they got lost. They were just being "iR-responsible"!
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learninmypc said:
YES, I remember those free maps. I have one now.(y)
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To Pan Wah:
"This is a problem of error bands. If the accuracy of the map is meant to be "to within +/- 3 light-years", then it is terrifyingly accurate! However, if advertised as accurate to +/- 200metres (which would be useful) it is an absolute, unmitigated load of old bollocks. It's all relative, as always"
--> seems you don't understand before you comment my previous post which is I mean for sarcasm. The handheld GPS must be accurate at 7.5 to 10m even at weakest condition when calculating positions, even you're trying to triangulate your position not using GPS receiver (using your provider's cell phone signal, Wi-fi, etc) is accurate less than 100feets! So, using your 'relative' perspective, you say 200m is accurate even from smartphone? not for me.. With that accuracy, how come you could locate a restaurant using your smartphone?
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"Authorities have conducted their own tests on the software and found it shows Mildura is located in the middle of the national park. In reality, the city is located some 70km away."OK, I do recognize this as sarcasm. But, the English is dreadful.."Freak" is a noun, adjective or verb. So, "freaking" would be the present participle. As in; "I'm freaking out. (Notice the verb is compound in the participle form).
oh my God! This apps is freakingly accurate..
The ending, "ly", is generally attached to an adverb. So you need to turn the word "freak" into the adjective, "freakish", before you can further modify it to an adverb, which would leave you with, "freakishly".
A message brought to by your friendly neighborhood grammar troll, in the hope it will make your sarcasm accessible to a wider audience, perhaps even partially consisting of a functionally literate demographic.
This is a problem of error bands. If the accuracy of the map is meant to be "to within +/- 3 light-years", then it is terrifyingly accurate! However, if advertised as accurate to +/- 200metres (which would be useful) it is an absolute, unmitigated load of old bollocks. It's all relative, as always.How about if we just round that "three light years", up to a "parsec"? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parsec At that distance nobody will be any the wiser, or have a large enough tape measure to prove you wrong.The slight increase in distance will refine the iPhones map accuracy a bit, while allowing one to say with a straight face, "the iPhone map app's accuracy is "stellar".....:oops:
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How about if we just round that "three light years", up to a "parsec"? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parsec At that distance nobody will be any the wiser, or have a large enough tape measure to prove you wrong.
You're right, it doesn't matter, give or take the odd Doppler shift.
Especially at warp factor 9....
PS I wonder if the satnav problem in Australia arises from travelling at relativistic speeds (not allowed on UK roads)?
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To Pan Wah:
"This is a problem of error bands. If the accuracy of the map is meant to be "to within +/- 3 light-years", then it is terrifyingly accurate! However, if advertised as accurate to +/- 200metres (which would be useful) it is an absolute, unmitigated load of old bollocks. It's all relative, as always"
--> seems you don't understand before you comment my previous post which is I mean for sarcasm. The handheld GPS must be accurate at 7.5 to 10m even at weakest condition when calculating positions, even you're trying to triangulate your position not using GPS receiver (using your provider's cell phone signal, Wi-fi, etc) is accurate less than 100feets! So, using your 'relative' perspective, you say 200m is accurate even from smartphone? not for me.. With that accuracy, how come you could locate a restaurant using your smartphone?
I can hardly even be bothered to ignore this. Read it again, smell the humour.:'(
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To captaincranky
Thank you for your correction, but I do this in purpose.
'freakingly' is urban language, you will see this word often used in many american movies nowadays.
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Sheep go where they're told. To the iShop. To the middle of nowhere.Hm....., "iLemmings"...!To captaincrankySadly, a lot of "American movies" these days, are pure garbage. I'm sure all that hipster lingo would go over big at the local camel race though.....
Thank you for your correction, but I do this in purpose.
'freakingly' is urban language, you will see this word often used in many american movies nowadays.
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