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Google maps is also terrible at showing _only_ relevant info. I searched for “coffee” in a small area earlier today (small because I wanted to walk); it zoomed

Google maps is also terrible at showing _only_ relevant info. I searched for “coffee” in a small area earlier today (small because I wanted to walk); it zoomed out to a much larger area and showed me coffee shops along with taquerias, oil change shops, banks, etc. both in the results pane and scattered all over the map. It was such a mess as to be unusable.

docmars 3y ago
But sir, that oil change shop offers cheap-ass coffee to its loyal customers and someone told Google Maps to tag that location with "Coffee".
ponkipo 3y ago
on the same topic - sometimes it's so frustrating when I put some shop name in Google Maps while I'm in Paris and looking on the map of my neighborhood, for example - and whoosh - it zooms so far out to show all the places which "suit" the search in all the Europe. Why would it do that?
sjf 3y ago
Thank you, this is a huge problem with maps search results. It's showing too many results and the ranking is rubbish. Searching for coffee shows tons of low quality results including ones for Target and McDonald's.
- pests 3y ago
  I mean, McDonald's does have coffee. I wouldn't say that is incorrect.
  - bombcar 3y ago
    Their coffee is decently good for a large chain. And targets often have a Starbucks inside thier belly.
- jcrash 3y ago
  You're being flagged but you're absolutely correct. Maps search is awful. Yes, most McDonalds might have more than 4 stars, but that's not what I want when I search 'cafe'! I avoid most chain restaurants in general which makes it much worse. I wish there was at least an option to block restaurants from showing up in your results.
- bschwindHN 3y ago
  Search for "specialty coffee " and you'll be more likely to find a good place. Google maps is still getting worse and worse though.
  - quantified 3y ago
    Search for "brew pub" and you'll get tons of non-brewpub results. I got a wholesale distributor while searching in south Indiana last night.
smcin 3y ago
Oil change shops are functionally equivalent to coffee shops for droids. Let us not be exclusionary...

docmars 3y ago

But sir, that oil change shop offers cheap-ass coffee to its loyal customers and someone told Google Maps to tag that location with "Coffee".

ponkipo 3y ago

on the same topic - sometimes it's so frustrating when I put some shop name in Google Maps while I'm in Paris and looking on the map of my neighborhood, for example - and whoosh - it zooms so far out to show all the places which "suit" the search in all the Europe. Why would it do that?

sjf 3y ago

Thank you, this is a huge problem with maps search results. It's showing too many results and the ranking is rubbish. Searching for coffee shows tons of low quality results including ones for Target and McDonald's.

pests 3y ago
I mean, McDonald's does have coffee. I wouldn't say that is incorrect.
- bombcar 3y ago
  Their coffee is decently good for a large chain. And targets often have a Starbucks inside thier belly.
jcrash 3y ago
You're being flagged but you're absolutely correct. Maps search is awful. Yes, most McDonalds might have more than 4 stars, but that's not what I want when I search 'cafe'! I avoid most chain restaurants in general which makes it much worse. I wish there was at least an option to block restaurants from showing up in your results.
bschwindHN 3y ago
Search for "specialty coffee " and you'll be more likely to find a good place. Google maps is still getting worse and worse though.
- quantified 3y ago
  Search for "brew pub" and you'll get tons of non-brewpub results. I got a wholesale distributor while searching in south Indiana last night.

smcin 3y ago

Oil change shops are functionally equivalent to coffee shops for droids. Let us not be exclusionary...