Yesterday, Apple released the latest iteration, iOS 6, of their immensely popular operating system for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch devices. The flagship feature of the release is a completely re-designed, Apple-developed Maps application, which has already drawn flak from users and experts alike. The fanciest innovation is Flyover, giving you a birds-eye-view of major urban areas through helicopter-based 3D mapping. Considering the thousands of glowing insignia and white earbuds adorning our fair campus, one would think that Apple would have taken the opportunity for a close-up, but Columbia proper is not included in the Flyover-enabled area of Manhattan: in fact, the cutoff is 114th street. Though “Rush Beta” is visible along frat row in all its glory, Butler remains a decidedly flat gray mass. Maybe Apple couldn’t get media access?
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@girl from geo team my apologies. I blocked CU out of my mind in May and apparently that persisted subconsciously into the product. Stay tuned for the next update!
@Anonymous Cutoff at 114th Street being way better than cutoff at 125th Street.
@Anonymous I’ll just leave this here. There’s already a tumblr devoted to how shitty apple maps are: http://theamazingios6maps.tumblr.com/
@Anonymous Hey man, rush Beta.
@Anonymous Fuck apple. They are assholes.
@Anonymous The new app stinks. Google maps are so much better.
@fresh attire true dat.