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<title>Apple seeking 'ground truth' specialist for Australia Maps</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1302/Apple-Maps-iOS-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[In addition to a rash of hiring positions the company has recently posted for work on further improving its Maps app, Apple has posted a new job for a "Maps Ground Truth Data Specialist" for Australia. The country has had to deal with sometimes-dangerous levels of incorrect information from both Apple Maps and Google Maps, resulting in police warnings to motorists and others not to rely exclusivel...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 23 Feb 2013 04:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Prank data fouls Apple Maps street names in Kabul</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1349753035_Apple-Maps-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Just as Apple Maps has regained user trust by correcting many of the major problems with early versions of its maps, an old prank by some Afghan university students is giving the company another black eye over inaccurate street names shown for areas of Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan. A reliance on outdated data from OpenStreetMap -- a source used by Apple for some areas, and which is editable b...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2013 23:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Google Maps said to drive massive iOS 6 adoption spike [U]</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1355964544_ScreenShot2012-12-19at5.48.15PM.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[[Update: Chitika study contradicts MoPub, says increase due to China debut] Google Maps recent arrival on iOS 6 may have led to a significant number of users upgrading to that version of iOS. This according to ad network MoPub, which saw iOS 6 adoption jump 29 percent in the five days following the release of the new version of Google Maps. A later study by rival Chitika reported that in fact, US ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2012 00:46:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Samsung ad pokes Apple's Aussie map woes</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1355340340_ScreenShot2012-12-12at2.24.20PM.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Samsung has taken aim at Apple's most recent maps app mishap, poking fun at the recent bulletin issued by police in Victoria, Australia, warning people away from relying solely on the Maps app in iOS 6 when navigating. A new ad installation on display on George Street in Sydney has a lost-looking four-wheel drive and camping equipment parked on a sidewalk, as well as a sign saying "Oops." The a...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2012 19:23:00 GMT</pubDate>
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