Never rely on Apple Maps!
There were several issues when Apple released their own version of Google maps called Apple Maps, they were so inaccurate people ended up lost and the pictures were so distorted it looked like a bomb had hit, below is an article from the Guardian highlighting a problem that it has caused.
One man was stranded for 24 hours last week in temperatures of up to 46C and at least three more have had to be rescued after following the directions given on Apple's new maps, which located Mildura among the dusty, sun-baked trails of Murray-Sunset National Park, the second-largest in Australia and far from the town's actual position.
Mildura, whose previous claim to fame was the ill-fated Nowingi toxic waste scheme (proposed in 2004, defeated in 2007), suddenly found itself the focus of international media interest over the latest example of Apple's calamitous move into mapping.
"We've had at least four documented cases," senior sergeant Stephen Phelan said on Monday before Apple made the update. "The map puts it at least 70 kilometres (45 miles) from where it should be. We have had people bogged down in Sunset country."
The iPhone maker updated the given location on Monday following widespread coverage of the problem. A search for Mildura now points to the middle of the town in the state of Victoria. At the time of writing it also showed an incorrect location near the edge of the park called Mildura – but that does not show up in searches.
Mildura police issued a warning on its website, pointing out the difference between the point then offered by Apple and the actual location. It confirmed drivers had been led astray and said the problem was "potentially a life-threatening issue" due to the intense heat and lack of available water in the area.
Apple said it was working hard to fix problems on its maps, which it introduced in September. It dumped Google's maps because the search portal refused to offer iPhone users features such as turn-by-turn navigation.
But problems quickly emerged with the detail in the Apple maps, which omitted a number of locations and mislabelled others .[1]
[1]Charles Arthur. (2012). Apple redraws maps after Australian drivers led astray in the bush. Available: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/dec/10/apple-maps-life-threatening-australian-police. Last accessed 2013.
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