Paddington Arm to be filled in

[WJM]

Well according to the much maligned Apple Maps!

 

Generally I am a big fan of Apple suff but this new Maps is really terrible!

 

[RLWP]

Water hyacinth

 

Richard

[KenK]

When we moored there two summers ago, that is exactly what it looked like unless the wind was blowing.

 

Ken

[Guest]

Crapple maps were in the news yesterday too -

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20663447

[matty40s]

Water hyacinth

 

Richard

I think it's been named Lotus Blossom House now, the sweet and sour oysters are awesome.

[Lady Muck]

Mum (in Knottingley) has Ferrybridge motorway services in her back garden according to Apple Maps. The actual location is at least a couple of miles away on the uhm actual moterway.

[grey wolf]

It is to confuse invaders

[Guest]

Mum (in Knottingley) has Ferrybridge motorway services in her back garden according to Apple Maps. The actual location is at least a couple of miles away on the uhm actual moterway.

 

But have you ever found them - I see the signs but last time we looked for them we ended up back on the M62 without ever seeing the services - perhaps Apple are correct and they really are in her back garden.

[David Mack]

But have you ever found them - I see the signs but last time we looked for them we ended up back on the M62 without ever seeing the services - perhaps Apple are correct and they really are in her back garden.

Well they were there on Sunday...

[Wanted]

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/science-technology/everywhere-in-britain-is-dudley-says-apple-2012092142045

[Richard Fairhurst]

To be fair, other map sites have errors too...

[dor]

Seems like Apple / Google have done a u-turn...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/dec/13/google-maps-iphone-app-apple

[trackman]

Dor beat me to it! BBC R4 news reported this morning that there's now an app to put Google maps onto iphones that don't have them, and that Apple have agreed to this.

[Dave_P]

installing it now! thank god! Apple maps was probably the worst thing Apple have ever done.

[Hairy-Neil]

But have you ever found them - I see the signs but last time we looked for them we ended up back on the M62 without ever seeing the services - perhaps Apple are correct and they really are in her back garden.

 

Dozens of times. They used to be at the junction of the A1 and M62 where the services are located in the north east corner ot the roundabout, just before the M62 east slip road on. When the A1 was upgraded to motorway standard the A1 thereabouts was moved about a mile to the west. The services now only really serve the M62 and those who know how to find them from elsewhere...

[Guest]

Dozens of times. They used to be at the junction of the A1 and M62 where the services are located in the north east corner ot the roundabout, just before the M62 east slip road on. When the A1 was upgraded to motorway standard the A1 thereabouts was moved about a mile to the west. The services now only really serve the M62 and those who know how to find them from elsewhere...

 

It was semi tongue in cheek of course because we have actually found them aside from the last time when we somehow seemed to scoot off the M62 and them back on again about a mile later without ever seeing them...we did laugh at the time.

 

It's actually a junction we pass every time we go to our mooring as our boat is about 15 minutes away (by car) from Ferrybridge.

[WJM]

Almost two years since I started this thread, Apple Maps continues to show Little Venice and the Paddington Basin arm as grass covered parkland. Try it for yourself if you have an iPhone or an iPad.

[MoominPapa]

Contrast with Google maps, which used to be very confused about Hazlehurst junction on the Caldon. The Leek branch diverges southwards from the junction, then crosses over the mainline on an aqueduct half a mile further on. Google maps used to render the whole of the area between the two branches as far as the aqueduct as water. I reported this sometime in the summer, and when I look now, it's been fixed.

 

MP.

[mango]

In my experience, Apple Maps are much better than Google Maps in areas with a variable signal. I use both.