Friday, September 21, 2012

Apple needs to improve their maps experience (and they know it)

Clearly, they underestimated this task a bit, but you can see that they're trying to ramp up the team. I just hope that Maps isn't what Bob Mansfield ends up being the Senior VP of. Or maybe I do.

Here are the job listings as of 09-21-2012 @ 9am PST with the most recent posts first:

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iOS Software Engineer - Maps x6

Posted between 11-Sep-2012 and 14-Sept-2012

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iOS Software Engineer - Maps Navigation x1

Posted on 09-Sep-2011

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Software Engineer - Maps Navigation x2

Posted on 22-Aug-2012

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iOS Conflation Scientist x1

Posted on 18-Oct-2010

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iOS SW Developer - MapKit x1

Posted on 07-Oct-2011

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I can't imagine them abandoning a project so important to the iPhone. As many people much smarter than me have pointed out, they will only get better with time. Meanwhile, we'll probably see more and more ways for people to hack around limitations.

For now, let's enjoy the show:

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