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Happen to be on Apple maps the other night and I noticed that they have added additional coverage for New York City, the additional coverage includes Staten Island and queens. It also looks like they expanded coverage in Philadelphia but I'm not 100% for sure. Just thought I give everyone a heads up so that they can update the list of flyover cities. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.72.150.79 (talk) 14:48, 3 November 2013 (UTC)
I have reorganised the existing article into a more conventional structure with a new history section that incorporates an 'early bugs' section detailing of the initial problems. I have also expanded the lead, demoted the lists of places, and removed the banners relating to lead length and balance. PeterEastern (talk) 02:54, 18 February 2015 (UTC)
Street View as known in Google Maps is a feature consisting of geographically positioned panoramas. The Apple Maps Vans are not capable of creating seamless panoramas as the cameras are on the corners of the vans. Panoramas require all component images to be taken from the same exact perspective (see the camera balls on Google Street View cars). The vans are only known to be part of a Ground Truth project — something for which job listings have appeared on Apple's website. I propose that the "Street View" section be renamed "Ground Truth" as to not be conflated with Google Street View. The vans are known to be performing some geospatial scanning. (Purpose unknown) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.16.88.123 (talk) 11:19, 20 August 2015 (UTC)
This comment above did not age well, did it... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 139.228.152.242 (talk) 02:34, 25 August 2019 (UTC)
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It would be worth noting that AutoNavi (Apple Maps) is intensely used by expats and travelers in China, since unlike its competitors, it is available in English and it's not restricted by the Great Firewall. I don't find sources for it, i'm the source, i live here. (I can't use Google, it is restricted). My first attempt on the AutoNavi page was removed and questioned: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=AutoNavi&diff=847702764&oldid=847442852&diffmode=source - - So i rather ask first, is it worth writing about this? Szalai.laci (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 06:59, 10 July 2018 (UTC)
The main, first part of this section of the article looks to be based around citations from chiefly U.S. sources, which suggest early basic functional problems are largely fixed. Are there any sources from elsewhere to support this? My personal experience as a UK user is that it's still riddled with inaccuracies - often quite wierd. The app offers a facility to 'Report an Issue' which I often tried using but gave up when I realised I was wasting my time because nobody was doing anything with my reports. 31.51.220.16 (talk) 02:52, 28 January 2019 (UTC)
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At WWDC, Apple announced EV routing and cycling and we should add that to the 2018 - Present Section. I look forward to hearing your comments OptXSolo (talk) 18:44, 26 June 2020 (UTC)
Though these issues did receive considerable coverage (and viral memes) early on, that has not been the case for almost a decade now; I suspect that its inclusion as a top-level main section is the result of WP:RECENTISM from 2013-2015 when this article was made. Its inclusion within a main section of the article body isn't justified; the section should be trimmed and refactored into the History section, as one or two paragraphs max. DFlhb (talk) 19:42, 27 September 2022 (UTC)
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The tables (feature availability by country) should be split off to another article. This article is currently very hard to read due to excess scrolling, and impossible to read on mobile due to how long the tables are. Google Maps doesn't have any tables, for example. These are valuable, but they should be split off into an Availability of Apple Maps features by country article. DFlhb (talk) 20:19, 27 September 2022 (UTC)
I'm pretty sure that the inaccuracies referred to in the tag were from the tables which were removed (which were sporadically updated). It seems more appropriate now to remove it as a result. I want to get some consensus before I remove it. Thanks in advance. Losipov (talk) 04:46, 3 May 2023 (UTC)