And that's going to go where? When has Apple ever listened to a petition? There are petitions about matte displays being an option on certain Mac products for a few years and bam, nothing has changed. You are making a big deal out of nothing in a beta 1 product. How about you wait and see what developers do with their integration into the maps product? Apple bought a couple of mapping companies not too too long ago, so in reality the writing was on the wall already. How do you know Google won't offer their own map program outside of Google earth? Oh wait, you want Siri to help with maps right?
You are comparing a first generation mapping solution to something that took Google years to get to their current point. Apple had to make the cutover eventually to their own solution and there will be growing pains. You say that transit should have been the main focus. WRONG. The main focus is to make sure the core of Maps works fine and then go from there. Assuming you're someone who uses transit on a frequent basis (and I can't imagine why I think that), I would assume you already have the schedules for most of your routes pretty much already known unless you're going to a new area you aren't familiar with.
Get over it. You're not getting your precious transit maps back from Apple. They are going the third party route for that and that comes straight from Forstall. Stay on 5.1.1 or wait for Google to come out with their own mapping solution for iOS 6 that will most likely not integrate with Siri. I don't know if it was this thread or another that said people rely too much on technology. It's clear to me that you are one of them. There are plenty of people who rely on transit who don't have smartphones and get around fine. There's always that option for you too. Let me know how that awareness campaign works out for you and when Apple bends.
I CAN get around without a smartphone. I could also join the boyscouts and learn how to find which way is north by licking my finger and sticking it in the air. But why would anyone want to?
I'm not overly dependent on technology, I'd just like to use what I paid for.
Do you not agree that there should have been no talks about Mapping until everything was set and they had their priorities in order? You have to.
Oh, then I suppose you want Apple to create their own version of YouTube today, just so they can say its theirs? I don't see the opposition, this affects us all.
And you'll soon find that out when you ask Siri to find the nearest gas station when you're sitting out in the middle of nowhere and she says, "There's something wrong. And I can't answer your questions right now."
The iPhone was fine as is, but they're not ready for this.