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That's your use case. I've used maps a lot to try to find hidden or secluded parks -- often with great success. I'm talking postcard-perfect views around the S

That's your use case. I've used maps a lot to try to find hidden or secluded parks -- often with great success. I'm talking postcard-perfect views around the Sydney harbor, small beaches around various bays, isolated parks near beautiful rivers and a whole lot of other places that are really beautiful and probably only known to the locals. Lots of these places were a brisk walk away from high-traffic areas too. This is not to dismiss your question on the directions, though, which is certainly an important part of using maps on a phone.

imgabe 8y ago
I am being overly crabby. I do appreciate the author's enthusiasm for maps. But still, I stick to Google Maps because Apple Maps has a reputation for giving terrible directions. That's where the Google Maps moat is. The directions are generally good and will route you around traffic, which is crucial.
nkozyra 8y ago
> That's your use case. But also likely the most common one. It's not fair to lump it in with the dozens of other map use cases.
crazygringo 8y ago
That's great... but wouldn't satellite view be better for that anyways? Would you even trust an "interpreted" map with levels of green for what you're doing?
- BoorishBears 8y ago
  I have a knack for finding good driving roads with Google Maps. It doesn’t really work in satellite view because the trees make for a ton of visual noise at the relatively low resolutions shown. A good indicator for me is green in the map, and no street view (street view tends to cover busier routes, I drive roads street view wouldn’t bother with)
- ceejayoz 8y ago
  Satellite views can be too busy for some uses.
- jumelles 8y ago
  That's an interesting point, as all maps are (by definition) only representations, invariably leaving something out - the question is what to leave in the map.
panopticon 8y ago
> I've used maps a lot to try to find hidden or secluded parks -- often with great success. I generally use Google Earth to do this, and I'm extremely skeptical that Apple Map's foliage would work half as well.

imgabe 8y ago

I am being overly crabby. I do appreciate the author's enthusiasm for maps. But still, I stick to Google Maps because Apple Maps has a reputation for giving terrible directions. That's where the Google Maps moat is. The directions are generally good and will route you around traffic, which is crucial.

nkozyra 8y ago

> That's your use case. But also likely the most common one. It's not fair to lump it in with the dozens of other map use cases.

crazygringo 8y ago

That's great... but wouldn't satellite view be better for that anyways? Would you even trust an "interpreted" map with levels of green for what you're doing?

BoorishBears 8y ago
I have a knack for finding good driving roads with Google Maps. It doesn’t really work in satellite view because the trees make for a ton of visual noise at the relatively low resolutions shown. A good indicator for me is green in the map, and no street view (street view tends to cover busier routes, I drive roads street view wouldn’t bother with)
ceejayoz 8y ago
Satellite views can be too busy for some uses.
jumelles 8y ago
That's an interesting point, as all maps are (by definition) only representations, invariably leaving something out - the question is what to leave in the map.

panopticon 8y ago

> I've used maps a lot to try to find hidden or secluded parks -- often with great success. I generally use Google Earth to do this, and I'm extremely skeptical that Apple Map's foliage would work half as well.