Yesterday I reported on the fact that people who wanted to get to the airport in Fairbanks Alaska were navigated onto the runway of the airport. Today it’s been kind of, sort of, fixed:
Apple has created a temporary “you can’t get there from here” fix for the iPhone map app that directed Fairbanks drivers onto a taxiway at Fairbanks International Airport.
It took directions to the airport off the map, unless you type in the exact street address for the Fairbanks terminal.
As of Wednesday, users of iPhone Maps who asked for directions began seeing a message that “a route could not be determined” to the Fairbanks airport. This gets rid of the map error that gave turn-by-turn directions for drivers who wanted to reach the airport to end up on Taxiway Bravo.
I rarely know the exact street address for any airport I go to. I just simply type in the name of the airport into my mapping app which currently is Google Maps and I get there just fine. So from that standpoint this is a bit of a #fail. But at least nobody will be driving onto runways anymore.
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Apple Maps Error In Alaska Fixed…. Sort Of
Yesterday I reported on the fact that people who wanted to get to the airport in Fairbanks Alaska were navigated onto the runway of the airport. Today it’s been kind of, sort of, fixed:
Apple has created a temporary “you can’t get there from here” fix for the iPhone map app that directed Fairbanks drivers onto a taxiway at Fairbanks International Airport.
It took directions to the airport off the map, unless you type in the exact street address for the Fairbanks terminal.
As of Wednesday, users of iPhone Maps who asked for directions began seeing a message that “a route could not be determined” to the Fairbanks airport. This gets rid of the map error that gave turn-by-turn directions for drivers who wanted to reach the airport to end up on Taxiway Bravo.
I rarely know the exact street address for any airport I go to. I just simply type in the name of the airport into my mapping app which currently is Google Maps and I get there just fine. So from that standpoint this is a bit of a #fail. But at least nobody will be driving onto runways anymore.
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