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Maps work better in China than Japan. Source, living in Shanghai and Beijing with occasional Japan trips got a year.
by client4 8y ago
Maps work better in China than Japan. Source, living in Shanghai and Beijing with occasional Japan trips got a year.
- jmknoll 8y agoGoogle maps is not accessible without a VPN in China. Not sure what the disagreeement is about. I’m looking at it being blocked on my computer right now. You can see your own location in the Maps app, but that’s based on the phone’s GPS, not a google service. Not sure what the comparison to Japan is, but maps works fine in Tokyo. I use it extensively every time I go there.
- client4 8y agoI forgot to clarify, I'm using Google Fi in Beijing right now. My point was that, even though maps may be blocked, it really works flawlessly. It's better than Baidu maps, though Baidu has made great strides in quality lately.
- methou 8y agoBut how did you get the Google Fiber in Beijing? * edit: grammar.
- vmlinuz 8y agoPresumably this is Project Fi (fi.google.com) rather than Google Fiber...
- chosenbreed 8y ago> Presumably this is Project Fi (fi.google.com) rather than Google Fiber... Interesting. Hadn't come across it before.
- client4 8y agoYes, phone autocorrected Fi fiber...edited it but soon enough it seems. Google Fi is available in the US with certain phones. I got the Pixel 2 specifically for it... otherwise I'd probably have the Huawei P20