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        <title>Accidental Art: Apple Maps Glitches Create Surreal Scenes</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jun 2013 01:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SA Rogers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The notoriously unreliable Apple Maps app may not get you where you want to go, but its many glitches have produced a fascinating gallery of surreal images.]]></description>
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    [ By <a href='http://weburbanist.com/steph/?utm_source=Mozilla%2F5.0+%28X11%3B+Linux+i686%29+AppleWebKit%2F537.36+%28KHTML%2C+like+Gecko%29+Chrome%2F30.0.1599.66+Safari%2F537.36&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed-main-2013-06-26-accidental-art-apple-maps-glitches-create-surreal-scenes&utm_content=unknown&utm_term=feed-author'>SA Rogers</a> in <a href="https://weburbanist.com/category/urban-art/" rel="category tag">Art</a> &amp; <a href="https://weburbanist.com/category/urban-art/photography-video/" rel="category tag">Photography &amp; Video</a>. ]

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<div id="urb-ads-toc-box" class="post-ads-toc-box urb-ads-toc" style="display:none;"></div><p>All of the notorious glitches on Apple&rsquo;s Maps app make it incredibly frustrating to use for practical purposes, but it still has value &ndash; as accidental art. When two-dimensional images are incorrectly mapped onto three-dimensional topography, the results can be fascinating, creating landscapes and architecture that look alien and futuristic.</p>
<p><a href="#" data-featherlight="https://weburbanist.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Apple-Maps-Glitch-Art-2.jpg"><img decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-52530" alt="Apple Maps Glitch Art 2" src="https://weburbanist.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Apple-Maps-Glitch-Art-2.jpg" width="468" height="468"></a></p>
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<p>Peder Norrby, founder of graphics company Trapcode, has collected the many glitches on the Apple iOS Maps app into <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pedernorrby/sets/72157632277119513/">a trippy gallery on Flickr</a>. Houses in Barcelona appear to be puking trees from their windows. A vortex has opened in the middle of a Stockholm highway. Skyscrapers and stacked shipping containers look like they&rsquo;re melting.</p>
<p><a href="#" data-featherlight="https://weburbanist.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Apple-Maps-Glitch-Art-4.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-52528" alt="Apple Maps Glitch Art 4" src="https://weburbanist.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Apple-Maps-Glitch-Art-4.jpg" width="468" height="617"></a></p>
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<p>In this parallel universe, the laws of physics have apparently been suspended. Norrby explains that some structures, like bridges, viaducts, tunnels and roller coasters, are too complex for the app&rsquo;s algorithms to handle. While criticism of Apple&rsquo;s Maps app has increased reliance on its competitors, <a href="https://weburbanist.com/2007/06/23/5-surreal-google-street-view-images-interesting-errors-glitches-and-mistakes/">Google Maps isn&rsquo;t entire free of glitches</a>, either.</p>
<p><a href="#" data-featherlight="https://weburbanist.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Apple-Maps-Glitch-Art-6.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-52526" alt="Apple Maps Glitch Art 6" src="https://weburbanist.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Apple-Maps-Glitch-Art-6.jpg" width="468" height="465"></a></p>
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<p>The mesmerizing beauty of glitches has led to an entire genre of art revolving around reproducing their eerie effects on purpose. <a href="https://weburbanist.com/2013/03/18/image-hacking-40-glitch-art-photos-paintings-videos/">Glitch art</a> creates digital or analog image errors by intentionally corrupting files, or mimicking their appearance in traditional artistic media like paintings and sculptures.</p>
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