{"id":6228,"date":"2012-09-26T13:04:58","date_gmt":"2012-09-26T20:04:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/?p=6228"},"modified":"2026-07-04T02:13:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T09:13:22","slug":"making-fun-of-apple-maps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/making-fun-of-apple-maps\/","title":{"rendered":"How Bad is Apple Maps? Bad Enough to Become an Internet Punchline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been a week since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/first-reactions-to-whats-new-in-ios-6-a-rundown-of-the-good-the-not-bad-and-the-ugly\/\">Apple&#8217;s iOS 6 has been released<\/a> to the masses, and the one glaring criticism everyone seems to agree on is that the Apple Maps app is terrible. It&#8217;s nowhere near as robust as Google Maps (which is what Apple Maps is replacing), and many users, especially those who live in a mid-sized city or more rural areas, are frustrated. Even though Apple has assured users that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tuaw.com\/2012\/09\/20\/apple-says-maps-will-get-better\/\">Maps &#8220;will get better&#8221;<\/a> (I picture them launching their very own &#8220;It Gets Better&#8221; campaign to placate distraught Apple fans), Maps has quickly become an Internet punchline as memes and jokes continue to pop up at Apple&#8217;s expense.<\/p>\n<p>Below is a sample of the amusing jokes centered around how poor Apple Maps is right now:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;iOS 6 maps taught me that there&#8217;s a lot of broccoli in New York. Thanks, Apple.&#8221; (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/funny\/comments\/10hzsu\/ios_6_maps_taught_me_that_theres_a_lot_of\/\">via reddit<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6316\" title=\"central-park-broccoli-trees\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/central-park-broccoli-trees.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/central-park-broccoli-trees.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/central-park-broccoli-trees-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/central-park-broccoli-trees-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A twist on the &#8220;So and so walks into a bar&#8221; joke (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/funny\/comments\/10egb3\/an_iphone_user_walks_into\/\">via reddit<\/a>):<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6317\" title=\"iphone-user-joke\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/iphone-user-joke.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"309\" height=\"75\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/iphone-user-joke.png 309w, https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/iphone-user-joke-150x36.png 150w, https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/iphone-user-joke-300x72.png 300w, https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/iphone-user-joke-100x24.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 309px) 100vw, 309px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The expression &#8220;Get lost!&#8221; has taken on a literal meaning now:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6324\" title=\"get-lost\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/get-lost.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/get-lost.png 500w, https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/get-lost-150x47.png 150w, https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/get-lost-300x95.png 300w, https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/get-lost-100x31.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A tongue-in-cheek comparison of Google Maps vs. Apple Maps using the pre- and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/08\/24\/world\/europe\/botched-restoration-of-ecce-homo-fresco-shocks-spain.html\">post-restoration of the &#8220;ecce homo&#8221; fresco<\/a> in Spain (in which an elderly woman tried to &#8220;restore&#8221; it herself and ended up ruining it):<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6318\" title=\"ecce-homo-maps-joke\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/ecce-homo-maps-joke.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"524\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/ecce-homo-maps-joke.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/ecce-homo-maps-joke-150x131.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/ecce-homo-maps-joke-300x262.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/ecce-homo-maps-joke-100x87.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s the cast of the now-defunct TV show <em>Lost<\/em>, in case you didn&#8217;t the joke:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6321\" title=\"apple-maps-dev-team\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/apple-maps-dev-team.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/apple-maps-dev-team.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/apple-maps-dev-team-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/apple-maps-dev-team-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/apple-maps-dev-team-100x75.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This view of an airport doesn&#8217;t even need a joke&#8211;the map itself is hilarious:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6330\" title=\"airport-in-apple-maps\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/airport-in-apple-maps.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/airport-in-apple-maps.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/airport-in-apple-maps-112x150.jpg 112w, https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/airport-in-apple-maps-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/airport-in-apple-maps-100x133.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Other funny Apple Maps references:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Even the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cultofmac.com\/192013\/london-underground-mocks-apples-new-maps-app-in-ios-6-humor\/\">London Underground is making fun of the app<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Jeremy Johnstone thinks <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jsjohnst\/statuses\/248777036586434561\">Steve Jobs&#8217; quote about doing LSD<\/a> ties into the current look and feel of Apple Maps quite well<\/li>\n<li>There&#8217;s an entire Tumblr dedicated to &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/theamazingios6maps.tumblr.com\/\">The Amazing iOS 6 Maps<\/a>&#8221; that contains numerous images of wobbly streets, misplaced monuments, destinations in the \u00a0middle of nowhere, and more fudged up map features<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Even the Apple Maps app icon took some criticism, with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/funny\/comments\/10eohx\/it_looks_like_the_apple_maps_icon_is_instructing\/\">one reddit user noting<\/a> &#8220;It looks like the Apple Maps icon is instructing me to drive off an overpass onto the interstate below&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6328\" title=\"apple-maps-icon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/apple-maps-icon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/apple-maps-icon.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/apple-maps-icon-125x150.jpg 125w, https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/apple-maps-icon-250x300.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/apple-maps-icon-100x120.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Honestly, Apple Maps is such a debacle that you can&#8217;t help but laugh about it. 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