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The original Google Maps showed all the street names on all the streets, so you didn't have to guess. Later versions of Google Maps didn't do this, so on some
by docker_up 8y ago
The original Google Maps showed all the street names on all the streets, so you didn't have to guess.
Later versions of Google Maps didn't do this, so on some streets, you would have no idea what the street names were, and would have to zoom out or scroll out until you saw the name.
THIS is what I want fixed. I don't care about vegetation, I want to be able to see what the street names are without distracting myself on the map.
- puzzle 8y agoThe original Google Maps was pre-rendered in a gigantic MapReduce. It had many fewer landmarks. The modern Google Maps does a lot of the layout and rendering on the client or on the fly, with a differing set of constraints and tradeoffs. It also has many more landmarks. You can see this in action by going to https://mapstyle.withgoogle.com/ https://mapstyle.withgoogle.com/ and playing with the "Landmarks" control.
- SmellyGeekBoy 8y agoThat's great, if the rendering is performed on the client then there's no excuse not to include a "show street names at all times" option.
- ObsoleteNerd 8y agoYup. If they want to win the "prettiest most useless map software" award, then congratulations Apple (and Google lately too). It's a disturbing trend in tech in general. Looks over function. Everything from websites to apps to actual physical products, design is more important than functionality.
- nicbou 8y agoThis is fine for turn by turn navigation though. All that text would just be a distraction when you're driving or riding.
- TeMPOraL 8y agoBut then when you want to plan your route you can't, because street names don't show, and you have to keep typing in each potential destination you're interested in manually.