The author isn't suggesting to replace VMS with Google Maps. The author is suggesting to implement what VMS is meant to do with an application with the same le

The author isn't suggesting to replace VMS with Google Maps. The author is suggesting to implement what VMS is meant to do with an application with the same level of usability, reliability and performance as what was put into Google Maps, and Apple Maps, or frankly any reasonably-popular mobile app that doesn't involve gaming. Do not confuse VMS with a turn-by-turn navigation system, that isn't what it does, or what an actually-usable replacement would have to do. VMS is meant to help plan a voyage and ensure you're safely executing to that plan in transit, and it doesn't do a good job of that for all the reasons the author provided.