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Apple and Google compete to build, maintain more perfect digital mapping systems (with video)

In the business of modern mapmaking, there are high stakes for customer satisfaction.

When Apple released its iPhone 5, it replaced Google Maps with its own mapping technology — and users were not happy.

PBS’ Spencer Michels reports on the challenges of creating digital maps and how crowdsourcing is making them more accurate:

Read more in the full article here.

[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “David G.” for the heads up.]

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