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uber has their own mapping. and no, it or google maps is decidedly not better than local knowledge.

• maerF0x0 7y ago
  > is decidedly not better than local knowledge. any proof? I will say it falls down w/ construction zones and road changes.
  • Nursie 7y ago
    In my town it doesn't seem to be aware of the roads that taxis can use but which are closed to 'normal' traffic.
  • Spooky23 7y ago
    All of the mapping programs are good at longer flows, they all suck in cities with lights and arbitrary delays. I just did a drive from Tampa, FL to Albany, NY. Waze and Google calculated the drive time within 10 minutes. My commute is about 12 minutes. Both Google and Waze will dump you on routes that will double or triple that.
  • sershe 7y ago
    I generally swear by Google maps, but did notice that Google prefers to not take shortcuts. Just recently in Seattle area, Google would have me take I5 in traffic, while manually dragging a dot onto a smaller road would have the same Google tell me it's going to be 7-10 minutes faster that way. Then you'd remove the dot and it's back to I5, +7 minutes to driving time. I've seen similar cases before, including e.g. a slowww light next to my house you can avoid by driving, however slowly, down a residential street with 0 traffic. This is presumably because of the tragedy of the commons that would ensue if it directed people there.