Google's "iLost" Motorola ad faked an address to "lose" iOS 6 Maps
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Re: Google's "iLost" Motorola ad faked an address to "lose" iOS 6 Maps
#2Why fake a location on a flawed map?
Was the goal just to get caught in doing that? It seems a bit silly to do something like that since Apple Maps is in such a bad shape.
Re: Google's "iLost" Motorola ad faked an address to "lose" iOS 6 Maps
#3Are we sure the Apple hasn't fixed this since the release? I know people were complaining about getting sent to Brooklyn for what should be Manhattan addresses.
>So why would anyone actually be "looking for 315 E 15th" in New York? The only reasonable reason would be to locate an actual address that does exist in Brooklyn
I'd be really surprised if Apple is checking whether particular street numbers are assigned when it is finding their location. That seems very dependent on iffy data. In fact, I just checked it, and it will gladly locate an address past the last number on a street, and just put the number at the end. (If you get really crazy with the number, it will say 'Approximate Location') Google does the same thing.
Re: Google's "iLost" Motorola ad faked an address to "lose" iOS 6 Maps
#4Why fake a location on a flawed map? Was the goal just to get caught in doing that? It seems a bit silly to do something like that since Apple Maps is in such a bad shape.
All they had to try was "53 and 3". Apparently the Ramones were singing about Singapore :)
Re: Google's "iLost" Motorola ad faked an address to "lose" iOS 6 Maps
#5Why does Apple Insider continually use "Google" in this story instead of Motorola Mobility. Yes, Google owns them but they are still their own entity. It's silly to suggest that since a company owns another company that they oversee everything that company does. I think it's fair to say "Google's Motorola Mobility", but if you just read this article you would think that Google itself was behind the advertising campaign.
Re: Google's "iLost" Motorola ad faked an address to "lose" iOS 6 Maps
#6Just because a piece of land doesn't have a building on it (even if it isn't currently legally buildable) doesn't mean its address "doesn't exist". New York City is glad to point you at the address:
http://gis.nyc.gov/dcp/at/f1.jsp?submit=true&house_nbr=3...
Re: Google's "iLost" Motorola ad faked an address to "lose" iOS 6 Maps
#7Errata to the writer: the hotel name you could not locate in Sapporo is written in kana, specifically katakana, one of the four distinct alphabet and glyph systems the Japanese written language requires.
Only the name of the city of Sapporo is written in kanji as you suggest.
Re: Google's "iLost" Motorola ad faked an address to "lose" iOS 6 Maps
#8You know "Sequences and screen images simulated"?
Know why that is on most cell phone ads?
Because other manufacturers complained of deceptive practices in advertising when Apple would talk of how easy (and quick) it was to do something on the iPhone compared to other phones...
Re: Google's "iLost" Motorola ad faked an address to "lose" iOS 6 Maps
#9Just because a piece of land doesn't have a building on it (even if it isn't currently legally buildable) doesn't mean its address "doesn't exist". New York City is glad to point you at the address: http://gis.nyc.gov/dcp/at/f1.jsp?submit=true&house_nbr=3...
Likewise, the stretch of "E 15th St." in Brooklyn is actually named "Marlborough Rd." on the ground in the stretch where #315 is located:
https://maps.google.com/maps?q=315+E+15th+St,+Flatbush+-+Dit...
It does look like the city understands the alternate name, not that that'd help you when you're out looking at street signs: http://gis.nyc.gov/dcp/at/f1.jsp?submit=true&house_nbr=3...
Re: Google's "iLost" Motorola ad faked an address to "lose" iOS 6 Maps
#10Just because a piece of land doesn't have a building on it (even if it isn't currently legally buildable) doesn't mean its address "doesn't exist". New York City is glad to point you at the address: http://gis.nyc.gov/dcp/at/f1.jsp?submit=true&house_nbr=3...
Likewise, the stretch of "E 15th St." in Brooklyn is actually named "Marlborough Rd." on the ground in the stretch where #315 is located: https://maps.google.com/maps?q=315+E+15th+St,+Flatbush+-+Dit... It does look like the city understands the alternate name, not that that'd help you when you're out looking at street signs: http://gis.nyc.gov/dcp/at/f1.jsp?submit=true&house_nbr=3...
Just checked and Bing gets it too!