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One of 200 new features in iOS 4 Apple released on Monday (19/9/2012) then is the application Maps the Apple-made it myself. Made to replace Google Maps in previous iOS version, information provided in map Maps turned out to be much less accurate or even completely wrong.

Users in Asia complained of detail map that is less informative, while the BBC reported that several places in the United Kingdom not listed in Maps or "thrown" out the exact location, such as a Furniture Museum, according to the Maps, it is located in the middle of the River.

Museum of furniture in the United Kingdom described in the middle of the River in the Maps app on iOS 6 (image: graphicriver.net)

There is also a "twinning" the Senkaku Diaoyu Islands or made the object of a dispute Japan and China. In Maps, pictures of the island there are two exactly the same fruit and its shape or data found.

 
Senkaku Diaoyu Islands or the data found in the Maps on iOS 6 (image: theamazingios6maps. tumblr.com)

Face it, Apple recommends that users of iOS 4 be patient. "We're just getting started with (map). We constantly improve its quality. As a cloud-based, more and more people use it then Maps the better. We appreciate all feedback and working hard to improve the user experience, "said Apple spokeswoman Trudy Muller, as quoted by AllThingsD.

Apple took a portion of data for application Maps from TomTom. The company claims to provide a map to a lot of other companies, but is not responsible for the final results of its products. "We provide the maps and other related content to mobile players, including RIM, HTC, Samsung, AOL, Apple, and Google (for areas in which Google does not make the map itself," wrote Tom-tom in a statement.

In the meantime, users can still access the service Google Maps from your iOS Safari browser 6. Google itself is rumored to currently working on Google Maps application stand-alone for Apple's latest mobile operating system.