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I am riding motobike in mountains in Thailand. Right now like every year in winter. When I stop to check the road I am blinded by the sun, I take off my raybans
by chewz 9y ago
I am riding motobike in mountains in Thailand. Right now like every year in winter. When I stop to check the road I am blinded by the sun, I take off my raybans, my iPhone screen brightness is at full and in Google Maps the country road are thin white on bright yellow. Impossible to see anything.
Why don’t they offer alternative color pallete?
I also hate that you cannot lock the screen orientation and it turns accidentally like living snake. And when I am looking at something on the other side of the world and suddenly the map jumps right back to my current location. Again no option to switch off these annoying features.
I wonder if they ever field test Maps or are they making those dumb user interface decisions in nice, dark, AC meeting rooms in an office in California?
- maxerickson 9y agoThere's a variety of apps that use OpenStreetMap data that you could take a look at. They tend to have more options than mainstream apps. I think on i-devices Maps.Me is the most popular, but there are others, some aimed at niche uses. I guess the first thing would be to check how OpenStreetMap does in the areas you need a map. In many areas it is less complete than Google, but there are also areas where Google doesn't care and there are people actively working on OSM.
- chewz 9y agoThank you but in foreign country Google Maps with their rich content, recommendations etc. is indispensable. My point was rather that I would expect more then armchair design from them.