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Subject:	Apple vs Google and David Rumsey
From:	"Angie Cope, American Geographical Society Library, UW Milwaukee" <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship
Date:	Fri, 2 Nov 2012 09:07:37 -0500
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Subject:        Apple vs Google and David Rumsey
Date:   Thu, 1 Nov 2012 17:46:44 -0400
From:   Karl Longstreth <[log in to unmask]>
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CC:     Karl Longstreth <[log in to unmask]>,

In the business of modern mapmaking, there are high stakes for customer
satisfaction. When Apple released its iPhone5, it replaced Google Maps
with its own mapping technology -- and users were not happy. Spencer
Michels reports on the challenges of creating digital maps and how
crowdsourcing is making them more accurate.

Includes an interview with David Rumsey ...

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/science/july-dec12/maps_10-31.html

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