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I wonder why can't Google Maps use the same routing, even as an option?
by jonny_eh 4y ago
I wonder why can't Google Maps use the same routing, even as an option?
- Gigachad 4y agoBecause city planners would start blocking off side streets if a huge product like google maps was directing people through them.
- xyzelement 4y agoI had wondered about that before. My guess is that Google considers Waze and Maps users to be different type of "navigators", with Waze being a self-selecting group of folks who want crazy routes to shave a few seconds here and there, while the Maps users are more mainstream and just want a sensible route with options. So they may have hesitated to give the "crazy" option to them. Another thing, I suspect there's a significant resource cost in constantly re-evaluating these few-second saving opportunities that may not scale well to the size of Map's user base. Could be wrong here.
- sgloutnikov 4y agoI am exactly one of those users which you describe and only use Waze for long trips and Maps for the rest. Waze urban navigation drives me crazy with the route it picks sometimes, hoping of shaving off a few seconds.