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I have regarded the entire Google Maps dev team with utter contempt since they first combined maps and navigation into one app, thereby preventing you from usin

I have regarded the entire Google Maps dev team with utter contempt since they first combined maps and navigation into one app, thereby preventing you from using both at the same time. At this point I'd rather use a paper map then let Google wardrive using my phone 24 hours a day.

Geonode 5y ago
My biggest pet peeve is that when you search for something, your starred places disappear. Hey, I'm actually trying to see if this is close to somewhere I go! What's the closest post office to my daughter's school? Oh, wait, where'd the school go? Insane.
easrng 5y ago
If you use the Android Go version the maps and navigation are separate.
- gowld 5y ago
  Maps Go is available for regular Android. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.mapslite&hl=en_US&gl=US https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.and...
  - easrng 5y ago
    I'm aware. I didn't want to just say the Go version because that might be confused with the Go programming language. By the way, the app you linked is just a wrapper around https://google.com/maps?force=pwa&source=mlapk https://google.com/maps?force=pwa&source=mlapk and going to that link in android chromium and adding to homescreen gets you an identical result.
recursive 5y ago
I don't understand this at all. If they're both in the same app, then aren't you using them both every time you're using it? What does it mean to navigate without using a map?
- Seattle3503 5y ago
  My partner and I will be driving and my partner will point to a funny looking building and say, "Whats that?". To answer the question I need to quit navigation to view the map. You can't "browse" the map while in navigation.
  - aembleton 5y ago
    You could just use another application such as Windy Maps to answer that.
    - Seattle3503 5y ago
      Pushing your customers to a comperror in this way is an unforced wrror.
kelnos 5y ago
Can't you just open Google Maps in the browser? Just tried and it works fine. (Firefox did try to auto-open the app, but going back and trying again caused it to stay in the browser.)

Geonode 5y ago

My biggest pet peeve is that when you search for something, your starred places disappear. Hey, I'm actually trying to see if this is close to somewhere I go! What's the closest post office to my daughter's school? Oh, wait, where'd the school go? Insane.

easrng 5y ago

If you use the Android Go version the maps and navigation are separate.

gowld 5y ago
Maps Go is available for regular Android. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.mapslite&hl=en_US&gl=US https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.and...
- easrng 5y ago
  I'm aware. I didn't want to just say the Go version because that might be confused with the Go programming language. By the way, the app you linked is just a wrapper around https://google.com/maps?force=pwa&source=mlapk https://google.com/maps?force=pwa&source=mlapk and going to that link in android chromium and adding to homescreen gets you an identical result.

recursive 5y ago

I don't understand this at all. If they're both in the same app, then aren't you using them both every time you're using it? What does it mean to navigate without using a map?

Seattle3503 5y ago
My partner and I will be driving and my partner will point to a funny looking building and say, "Whats that?". To answer the question I need to quit navigation to view the map. You can't "browse" the map while in navigation.
- aembleton 5y ago
  You could just use another application such as Windy Maps to answer that.
  - Seattle3503 5y ago
    Pushing your customers to a comperror in this way is an unforced wrror.

kelnos 5y ago

Can't you just open Google Maps in the browser? Just tried and it works fine. (Firefox did try to auto-open the app, but going back and trying again caused it to stay in the browser.)