It should come as no surprise that the OS paper map refuses to die without a fight – it has been exciting loyalty and love among its users since its earliest days.
For a while, as the great Thanksgiving storm of 2013 scotched plans for a Water Taxi tour, my A train idled infuriatingly at Canal Street and the maps function on my phone inexplicably refused to, well, function, the All Blacks were in danger of becoming the greatest sports team I had ever failed to meet.
After an outcry among iPhone customers about bugs in the company's new mobile maps service, Mr. Forstall refused to sign a public apology over the matter, dismissing the problems as exaggerated, according to people with knowledge of the situation who declined to be named discussing confidential matters.
Vietnam invalidates new Chinese passports bit.ly/10zckrj — tuoitrenews (@tuoitrenewsvn) November 25 , 2012VIETNAM: Xinhua, the official Chinese news agency, said that Vietnamese border officials — not wanting to appear to validate the new Chinese map — were refusing to stamp visas into the passports of Chinese visitors.
The road map called for negotiations; Sharon refused to negotiate.
I would encourage the media to make heavy use of this map, when interviewing Republicans who refused to extend unemployment benefits for their own constituents, because you can see how many of them there are in every state.
Years ago many banks drew red lines on maps around black neighborhoods and refused to lend; more recently, some banks began taking aim at those neighborhoods for the marketing of subprime loans, say consumer advocates.
Apple Maps was so bad that people refused to upgrade to iOS 6 until they could get Google Maps, says data from massive mobile ad exchange MoPub.
The city initially refused to take the maps, but was eventually forced to by court order.
Yet in Ravalli County, the Board of Commissioners refused to adopt new maps of this interface, in the face of objections from homeowners and real estate agents that it would depress property values, increase insurance rates and lead to regulation.
