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eungyu on Nov 27, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Apple Said to Fire Maps Manager After Flaws Hurt i...

My first reaction was "At least give the guy credit for the Flyover feature". But I just found that the feature came with the acquisition of C3 Technologies (2011). Looking at other aspects of the Maps app, I have hard time convincing others there are innovative components that originated from the team.

jarjoura on Nov 27, 2012 [–]

The C3 acquisition provided only the raw data. A lot of sleepless nights were spent turning that data into a major feature of the application.

eungyu on Nov 27, 2012 | [–]

Thanks for this insider knowledge (I assume you work at A). It feels better to know that my initial assumptions were incorrect.

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