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The Most Hilarious Fails of Apple Maps

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By this point, it’s well established that Apple Maps on iOS 6 are an unsightly dark spot on an otherwise functional iOS 6. It may be a colossal headache for Apple, but it sure is hilarious. There’s something poetic about the company that redefined our relationships with personal electronics now, apparently, attempting to redefine the basic architecture of the physical world around us.

Luckily, The Amazing iOS 6 Maps Tumblr is collecting all of Apple’s most colossal fails in one place. There. Some of the split-screen shots – where you can see the incredible detail on the Google Map next to a barren and useless Apple Map – are especially telling. Every one of the shots that is making its way onto this tumblr is being reported, and hopefully, fixed, but Apple still has a long way to go if it wants to make maps as useful as Google’s are now. Here’s a few screenshots – check out the tumblr for more. It has everything from disappearing statues, surrealist highways and a comically inept turn-by-turn.

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