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maps missing main roads is a (relatively) new "feature", you have to disable "prefer fuel-efficient routes" in your navigation settings to get sensical routes b
by malinoal 4y ago
maps missing main roads is a (relatively) new "feature", you have to disable "prefer fuel-efficient routes" in your navigation settings to get sensical routes back
- cmckn 4y agoI’m no expert, but the “eco” routes don’t usually pass the smell test with me. I’ll be routed away from a thoroughfare that’s mostly flat/downhill to take a slightly-shorter side street that’s a steep incline. It just seems like half-baked greenwashing.
- sokoloff 4y agoThe net altitude change is the same for all routes between two points.
- shawabawa3 4y agoEven with a car with regenerative breaking, going up then down is less efficient than staying flat/just down In the extreme case, one route might take no fuel at all vs one that climbs a mountain before dropping
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- pjmlp 4y agoIn vacations on Mediterranean islands it took us through barely usable "roads" in the middle of a forest trail, thankfully nothing bad came out of it. Beats me how it was supposed to be a fuel saving road, other than doing that by virtue of destroying the car.
- cpeterso 4y agoI’m convinced that Google Maps occasionally routes people through detours to gather data about the detour’s current road conditions and traffic speeds.
- biztos 4y agoIn the Canary Islands it took us down a utility road that was literally being used as a mountain mike trail. We were in an Opel Corso. Fortunately a beater, and my friend’s superior driving skill got us out, but just barely. We were resigned to abandoning the car… and Google had treated it just like a regular paved road.
- defrost 4y agoProbably best to avoid the Connie Sue Highway and other roads of the Len Beadell desert network then.
- biztos 4y agoTIL... for someone like me who's never been to Australia and doesn't know much about its geography, that's a pretty crazy story! And it turns out Connie Sue is still out there, running desert tours except not now because of lingering Covid restrictions. > Connie's work background started with 10 years of general nursing and midwifery, 14 years as a violinist in the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra and has studied Computer Systems Engineering at TAFE part-time. Interesting people! http://www.beadelltours.com.au/interest.html http://www.beadelltours.com.au/interest.html
- defrost 4y agoLong before I wrote earth scale digital mapping software in 1990s (yes, before google Maps .. and even Keyhole) I was taught how to use a theodolite by Len Beadall (I was ~ 12 or so at the time and pretty keen). If you're interested in the landscape those roads pass through, here's a 13 minute intro: Good roads until 6:00 minutes in .. and then they take the David Carnegie Rd. Desert Raid 2017 - Two Days From Death https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uL44EAyz8Qc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uL44EAyz8Qc
- XorNot 4y agoJust checked my maps app and I do not have this option, but have recently been dealing with Maps picking utterly non-sensical routes (random small streets rather than main roads). It feels like the sensitivity to traffic is turned up way too high.
- protonscientist 4y agoThe routing can be pretty silly. I'm not going to journey down some backroad for a projected 3% fuel saving.
- sireat 4y agoGoogle Maps keeps thinking that road repair that lowers 4 lane highway to 2 lanes means that the road is closed. While you are driving on the "closed" road Maps keeps insisting on turning back and suggesting silly alternate routes. Had guests who trusted Google and took the Google alternate route losing 30 minutes in the process .