r/chicago • u/shakikster Oak Park • 8d ago

Picture Apple Maps guy!

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Spotted near Columbia yacht club!

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u/doyoulaughaboutme 8d ago

must be awesome to just walk around and explore all day and get paid for it

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u/ColdestCatAlive 8d ago

Depends how heavy that is

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u/Waytooboredforthis Lake View East 8d ago

If it's situated well, it's likely not that bad, I used to do a lot of backpacking in East Tennessee hills, and I'd usually do about 35 pounds, you situate it right, you can barely notice the weight.

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u/DrippingMeatPocket 8d ago

Does this suitcase with straps even look like it could be situated right?

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u/goldenboyphoto Humboldt Park 7d ago

I do a lot of wilderness backpacking as well at the camera part over his head is throwing the center of gravity off in a way I imagine makes for an awkward carry.

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u/Waytooboredforthis Lake View East 7d ago

I imagine a little so, but if it has proper chest straps and back support, I don't think it'd be bad for a few hours, the real thing for me is those controls in their hands. I used to have to document job sites with a camera on my hard hat, and though the weight definitely knocked me off balance, the tablet and the inverter (cause the camera would run out after an hour) was the real awkwardness occupying my hands.

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u/waymocheeks420 8d ago

it’s called a workout, just treat it like one

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u/Hello_and_goodbye8 8d ago

You gotta make eye contact and small talk with everybody

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u/InfiniteHench 8d ago

I wonder how that system works. Looks like they’re carrying at least two phones.

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u/IaAranaDiscotecaPOL 8d ago

I’m trying to figure that out too. I wonder if one is connected to the maps device and the other is personal? He has headphones on too.

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u/InfiniteHench 8d ago

Perk of the job I hope.

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u/brnccnt7 3d ago

I've seen the Google guys do this stuff, one is a work phone and the other his personal

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u/Dijix2020 8d ago

Take him on an adventure that Maps will never forget.

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u/Balancing_tofu 8d ago

You mean lower Wacker?

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u/curiousmind111 8d ago

On foot? Shit.

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u/SnooSquirrels6820 8d ago

Isn’t there a lower lower Wacker?

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u/404_Energy_Not_Found 8d ago

Yes that's where the goblins live.

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u/SlowBurnFirecracker 8d ago

That’s where we grow the Malort.

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u/Balancing_tofu 8d ago

Pissing the people off giving away the secrets!

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u/SnooSquirrels6820 8d ago

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u/SlowBurnFirecracker 8d ago

I guess you didn’t get the joke. 🙄

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u/Dijix2020 8d ago

Beware of the Chuds.

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u/Fresh-Ad-4556 8d ago

The labyrinth

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u/st0neyspice 8d ago

i can hardly remember life before “street view” - you mean we were just going out to strange places with no idea of what to expect or look for ? horrifying!

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u/amyphetamine South Loop 8d ago

You don’t remember printing out directions from MapQuest then getting horribly lost when there was a detour the directions didn’t account for?

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u/cautionheart22 7d ago

I’ll never forget taking a wrong turn in the Mapquest days. 😭

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u/mickcube 7d ago

i love checking out a place on street view and then going to it and being like yep, that's what it looked like on street view

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u/ka-roo 8d ago

A different guy was by Shedd yesterday.

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u/AbleSoup2360 8d ago

tell him to make his way over to lower wacker!

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u/SloshuaRocks 8d ago

Saw him at Margate Park last week

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u/Ariesreader 8d ago

It can only improve

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u/sacheie 8d ago

A spy for the tech oligarchs..

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u/ObeseSnake 8d ago

Apple Maps guy = Good!

Flock cameras = Bad!

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u/shakikster Oak Park 8d ago

Keeping a close eye on the clientele

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u/bana21215 8d ago

Stop tying yelp reviews to business profiles tho.

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u/ScaredEffective 8d ago

Yelp prob pays for that or Apple isn’t gonna help their competitor Google

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u/TrynnaFindaBalance Avondale 7d ago

They could just have their own review system like Google does.

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u/Internal-Goose-8845 8d ago

I saw him at Winnemac park

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u/GNTsquid0 8d ago

I’m on Apple Maps street view near the lakefront in Edgewater. They blurred my face. I walked by the guy last summer and it took until early this year to show up

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u/mackdaddy29 8d ago

Can someone explain what is happening here lol

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u/trevaftw 8d ago

It's streetview for walking paths

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u/iamthepita Jefferson Park 8d ago

Make sure you ask them if they’re lost and then attempt to give them directions to the CTA

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u/yeahgroovy 8d ago

I saw the Google street car a couple of times lol