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So it's a problem that $4 billion could solve in a few days, right?
9 women won't give birth in a month.
Ten developers each giving their boss a copy of Mythical Man Month won't make him read it any faster either.
Google Maps' advantage over Apple Maps
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#22I think Apple should look to hire someone like this to help draw together the various problems with their maps app (However for a first attempt I think its fine). Its not insurmountable problem, and given what Apple is capable of, its something they can make better with a bit of effort.
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#23Where was Apple's QA on this? This seems like a colossal oversight for a company previously known for sweating all the small details.
QA on the scale of what they needed wouldn't work. You have to bare in mind that Apple like to keep things close to their chest. To have at least one person per city testing this worldwide was impossible.
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#24My biggest disappointment regarding this whole matter is that as a result, OSM is getting a lot of negative criticism. More-so than Tom-Tom.
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#25The headline doesn't seem to come up in the article at all.
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#26"[Apple's] problem is that they thought they did not have a problem." Crucial insight, there. From the perspective of an observer who has no special affection for Apple, it's surprising that a company of that competence would succumb to such a basic process error.
This is the first event that people will put down to a lack of Steve Jobs that I think actually might reflect that...
the decision to switch to there own maps was made while jobs was around. its also not the first time apple replaces a product with an inferior option and insists its better, final cut pro x comes to mind.
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From the FAQ: "How does Reviewing work? Why is my edit still pending/not yet live on Maps?" "All new edits need to be reviewed by another mapper. The more you successfully contribute to Map Maker, the more trust you will gain in the system and the easier it will be for you to make and review other changes to the map. If your edit is still pending and not on Google Maps, it has likely not been reviewed yet. You can po…
email #1 "Thank you for helping to improve Google Maps. Once approved, your contribution will appear on Google Maps for everyone to see. Thanks and happy mapping! " email #2 "Congratulations! We have made changes based on your suggestion on Map Maker. Soon you will be able to see your edit live on Google Maps. Thank you for your contribution to Google Map Maker, and happy mapping! " it's got status 'published'. is it…
From my previous edits, I think it's in the order of weeks.
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#28Excellent post, full of valuable insight.
Apple lacks the ability to mine vast amounts of local search data, as Google was able to do when it started its mapping project.
Does anybody know what this means? Don't the queries I make go through their servers, and isn't my location a relevant parameter for those queries? I don't see why this can't be mined.
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#29> My overall view of the companies that it (Apple) has assembled to create its application is that they are, as a whole, rated “C-grade” suppliers.
This just amazes me.
For the longest time there were really only two suppliers of data: Tele Atlas and NAVTEQ. Everything else wasn't worth touching b/c the quality sucked. Then Google collected their own in their little cars and stopped paying suppliers. I'm not sure why Apple didn't have the foresight to understand this was an enormous engineering effort from Google - not only collecting their own data but the whole platform itself.
I worked as a consultant for one of the two major data suppliers for 3 years rebuilding their backend. 400 years sounds like a reasonable swag.
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#30It always surprises me how a company which prides itself on UX, and having reinvented UX can repeatedly screw it up big time with core things, maps, email (MobileMe when that was launched).
I just wonder why fix something that ain't broke and make it worse!