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Where Did National Forests Go? Green Spaces Disappear From Google Maps

Apple (left) and Google screenshots of the Willamette National Forest. The pins in each image indicate where each app says the forest is located, when searched. Apple & Google/Screenshots by NPR hide caption

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Where Did National Forests Go? Green Spaces Disappear From Google Maps

September 22, 2016 • #FindYourPark? Numerous forests, nature reserves and wilderness areas lost their green markings on Google's and Apple's maps, catching forest officials by surprise.

The Two-Way

iPhone Map Leads To The Tarmac At Fairbanks Airport

September 25, 2013 • In recent weeks, out-of-town drivers have followed their Apple map app instead of heeding the signs warning them not to drive across the runway.

Apple Is 'Extremely Sorry' For Its Much-Maligned Maps, CEO Tim Cook Says

Will it take you where you want to go? A new iPhone 5 and Apple's new mapping software. Beck Diefenbach/Reuters /Landov hide caption

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Apple Is 'Extremely Sorry' For Its Much-Maligned Maps, CEO Tim Cook Says

September 28, 2012 • Faced with a "public relations disaster," the company is even suggesting that while it works out the bugs customers can use Google Maps instead.