Woeful. And they are getting rightfully slammed for it.
Apples new maps app in iOS 6
By Mr Grumpy
Sturgeon's law (or Sturgeon's revelation) is an adage stating "ninety percent of everything is crap." The adage was coined by Theodore Sturgeon, an American science fiction author and critic. The adage was inspired by Sturgeon's observation that while science fiction was often derided for its low quality by critics, the majority of examples of works in other fields could equally be seen to be of low quality, and science fiction was thus no different in that regard from other art. Sturgeon's law
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Meh.. I was going to Zoe’s on the Princes Highway on Saturday, and it worked for me. What no one that I’ve read has mentioned though, is that the maps are vector-based, as opposed to a bunch of rasterised images. Surely that counts for some kudos?
Yeah that’s a good point about it being vector based.
My experience the other night with it. In Marrickville. It took me down a tiny lane instead of the main road, and then asked me to turn right at a no right turn.
One thing I have heard mentioned is that they simply need more data and they only way to get that, is to get millions of people using the maps. It’s probably the teething process they have to go through.