When Apple's exiting iOS software chief forestalled the continuation of Google Maps as the default iOS location source in favor of the long-in-development Apple Maps, the crowd responded with its typical mix of adulation for the exceptional presentation quality of the forthcoming software and capabilities as well as a bit of schadenfreude for Google. There, that outta show 'em to copy and, allegedly according to Steve Jobs, seek to kill the iPhone. But when Apple Maps arrived with its host of inaccuracies and surreal distortions, some of those who sought to kick Google on its
