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The only GPS mishap I've ever had was when Google maps got me in an infinite loop. I was driving into San Francisco from the East bay, and when I got over the
by ryanmcbride 11y ago
The only GPS mishap I've ever had was when Google maps got me in an infinite loop.
I was driving into San Francisco from the East bay, and when I got over the bay bridge, Google had me get off the freeway, turn a few times, and I ended up right back on the freeway, going back over the bridge. I realized right away what was happening after I got back on the freeway, but there were no more exits, so I had to drive to treasure island, and turn around.
That wasn't so bad, but once I crossed the bridge again, I kept following the GPS and ended up right back on the bridge.
Google Maps would try to get me to do this every time I drove over the bridge for a couple of weeks, but I never fell for it again.
This was around the time that they were building the new east bridge, so I wondered if it had anything to do with that but I can't imagine how it would.
- therein 11y agoI'm sure at least a portion of those construction workers on the bridge had Android phones that Google collected maps data from.
- chinathrow 11y agoHa, then someone just needs a flock of location enabled smartphones pushing faked traffic patterns back to Google and hilarity ensues... :)
- merpnderp 11y agoComing off the bridge out of Galveston, Google Maps has put me in an infinite loop before. No construction to blame either.