Apple has spent much of the last year working hard to improve its iOS Maps product, an app that was severely flawed when it launched with iOS 6 last September. The company picked up a few new mapping companies earlier this year and has been hiring "ground truth" mapping experts around the globe, but now it looks like Apple will turn to its users to help more than ever before. According to Apple Insider , iOS 7 will ask users if they want to help improve the Maps app — those who opt in will have the street address associated with their Apple ID matched with the GPS coordinates of addresses saved to your "frequent locations" list.
Apple says this will help it "better approximate the geographic location of that address." Of course, Apple...
via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2013/8/5/4590794/ios-7-will-ask-users-to-help-improve-maps-by-sharing-frequent-locations
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