Actually, Apple Maps has been continuously overhauled over the last two years and is considerably better than what was released. It was actually pretty good then, with a few problems in the 3D views, but vastly overblown by Google’s FUD campaign. It has become imminently usable and I have been using it continuously over those two years and it has steered my wrong only once. . . compared to a dozen times that Google maps has sent me on wild goose chases.
This article is based on ONE anonymous source speaking to TechCrunch and has not been corroborated anywhere else.
Sorry, but Apple’s maps flat out sucked in 1.0 release, it routinely directed me to the wrong addresses etc. It has improved, but to claim the app just had some 3D display issues is completely false.
Google Maps got to where they are today in large part because of all the data they collected being the default map program on the iPhone. I have no doubt Apple will continue to improve as the app has since its initial release, but you can’t blame apples map problems as purely a smear campaign orchestrated by google.