Apple’s homegrown Maps leaves users lost


WRONG DIRECTION: A member of the media using the Apple Mapson the iPhone 5 at a media event in San Francisco. The app is already facing criticism from users globally for a number of geographical errors. - Reuters

SAN FRANCISCO: An entire city is in the ocean, a farm has been labelled as an airport, highways end in the middle of nowhere and a hospital now covers the entire centre of British city Stratford-upon-Avon, Shakespeare’s home.

Welcome to the new world of Apple Maps that greeted iPhone and iPad users when they downloaded the highly anticipated update to the consumer giant’s mobile software platform, iOS 6.

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