Apple Maps Sends Two Users Driving Across An Airport Runway

 Despite some observers spoken language that Apple Maps on iOS seven is healthier than Google Maps, that’s positively not the case for anyone attempting to drive to the Fairbanks (Alaska) field recently.

As the AK Dispatch newspaper according on Tuesday, Apple Maps has sent out-of-towners driving hazardously across associate field runway a minimum of twice within the past 3 weeks.

    The turn-by-turn directions were specific, exploitation the access route that general aviation pilots use to the East Ramp, that is on the opposite aspect of the runway from the most depot.

    The map directions all over by telling drivers to travel to paved surface Bravo, shown as “Taxiway B” on the satellite image within the app. The directions didn\'t tell drivers to cross the most runway used frequently by 737s and alternative craft.

 however once drivers reached the paved surface, it absolutely was solely natural for them to seem up and see the terminal on the opposite aspect of the runway. thus that’s wherever they drove.

Whoops!

Fortunately, nobody was hurt in either of the 2 instances of driving across the runway.

Apple Maps suffered many black eyes like this within the period when its launch in Gregorian calendar month of last year — issues that eventually forced Apple corporate executive Tim Cook to apologize and suggest alternative mapping apps. Apple has since been creating acquisitions and bulking abreast of workers, and there haven’t been any issues like this according in an exceedingly long whereas.

According to the newspaper report, Apple disabled directions to the field and secure a fix by yesterday. As these days last night but, no fix was in situ and users were still unable to induce directions to the field.