Sure, I think that would also be a reasonable guess, without a warning. Both are reasonable things for someone to think a company that shields itself in a cloak

Sure, I think that would also be a reasonable guess, without a warning. Both are reasonable things for someone to think a company that shields itself in a cloak of magic were to do. Honestly I stopped using USGS maps for moderate hiking and just started using google topo maps because they show trails, I'm not going to assume anything about a trail though just because google says it'll get me from point A to point B. I also actually know how to read a topo map so I know the kinds of things to look out for. My point is that Google maps pitches itself as amazingly clever about giving directions. Expecting it to suggest when to change modes of transportation is totally within the realms of what Google certainly is capable of doing; they used to do that for that meme where they say to drive to some location in New Jersey and then swim the Atlantic to get to France. It still said where to start swimming from and where to dry off. And that was like 15 years ago. Calling out warnings for dangerous trails like they do for traffic jams seems like an obvious thing to do for both situations, just do the same for when it's not actually suggesting a path at all. That'd be great!