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I think it's the opposite though. Google Map is very clean. It certainly doesn't optimize route like Waze does (seriously I don't get it why, especially Waze is

by yeukhon 10y ago

I think it's the opposite though. Google Map is very clean. It certainly doesn't optimize route like Waze does (seriously I don't get it why, especially Waze is now part of Google). Google Map is known for taking the main road avoiding local whenever possible. BTW, I don't turn on voice notification, I read the graphic off the screen.

ghaff 10y ago
>Google Map is known for taking the main road avoiding local whenever possible. That's not really my experience. At least some subset of the time Google Maps seems to get it into its head that what it would really like to do is take a nice country drive that involves making turns every half-mile or less. I can't comment on how frequently it does this relative to other applications, but Google will definitely sometimes take you on a very convoluted route to ostensibly save 3 minutes.
- yeukhon 10y ago
  It's fair, it's relative to time, location, and sometimes your preferences (avoid toll etc). I had that experience sometimes, but perhaps places i visit happen to have main road around. There are times I look at the GMap and just goes smh telling myself I know a better route than Google does, and I am right many times. Now I have driven for two years, I actually enjoy driving and figuring out how to get to a destination.
  - ethbro 10y ago
    I believe they did this in defference to residents after an earlier, more perfectly otimized algorithm ended up turning residential streets into main traffic thoroughfares.
Declanomous 10y ago
I'm not talking about the routing, I'm only talking about how the different apps notify you of upcoming navigation. Even if you have voice off, it should be noticeable, since Google's visual aids provide a much more coherent and easily interpreted user experience. I hate the fact that I have to look at WAZE while I'm driving. I drive in Chicago, and you need to basically keep your eyes on the road at all times, because people are flying in from all directions. I trust drunk drivers more than I trust people who look at their phone when they drive, because at least drunk drivers are looking at the road.
- yeukhon 10y ago
  Okay, yes, echo your experience with Waze, that's really my experience, I can't keep my eyes off of it either. Yesterday I was on I-495 before merging onto Van Wyck, freakin' SUV driver made an abrupt left turn on the left-most lane, and then right turn back to cut one car off for no damn reason. He almost caused a collision with me and six other cars, freakin' driver (the car in front of me was trying to switch lane so we were constantly braking).
puzzle 10y ago
Google Maps' routing weighs simplicity of directions, such as fewer turns, more than Waze does, even if it adds an extra minute or two. In most cases, that kind of heuristics means taking main roads.

by yeukhon 10y ago

ghaff 10y ago

>Google Map is known for taking the main road avoiding local whenever possible. That's not really my experience. At least some subset of the time Google Maps seems to get it into its head that what it would really like to do is take a nice country drive that involves making turns every half-mile or less. I can't comment on how frequently it does this relative to other applications, but Google will definitely sometimes take you on a very convoluted route to ostensibly save 3 minutes.

yeukhon 10y ago
It's fair, it's relative to time, location, and sometimes your preferences (avoid toll etc). I had that experience sometimes, but perhaps places i visit happen to have main road around. There are times I look at the GMap and just goes smh telling myself I know a better route than Google does, and I am right many times. Now I have driven for two years, I actually enjoy driving and figuring out how to get to a destination.
- ethbro 10y ago
  I believe they did this in defference to residents after an earlier, more perfectly otimized algorithm ended up turning residential streets into main traffic thoroughfares.

Declanomous 10y ago

I'm not talking about the routing, I'm only talking about how the different apps notify you of upcoming navigation. Even if you have voice off, it should be noticeable, since Google's visual aids provide a much more coherent and easily interpreted user experience. I hate the fact that I have to look at WAZE while I'm driving. I drive in Chicago, and you need to basically keep your eyes on the road at all times, because people are flying in from all directions. I trust drunk drivers more than I trust people who look at their phone when they drive, because at least drunk drivers are looking at the road.

yeukhon 10y ago
Okay, yes, echo your experience with Waze, that's really my experience, I can't keep my eyes off of it either. Yesterday I was on I-495 before merging onto Van Wyck, freakin' SUV driver made an abrupt left turn on the left-most lane, and then right turn back to cut one car off for no damn reason. He almost caused a collision with me and six other cars, freakin' driver (the car in front of me was trying to switch lane so we were constantly braking).

puzzle 10y ago

Google Maps' routing weighs simplicity of directions, such as fewer turns, more than Waze does, even if it adds an extra minute or two. In most cases, that kind of heuristics means taking main roads.