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“Forced” to use Google Maps in the car because it’s on the big screen, and recently I’ve been disappointed by how bad it is at navigation in the Bay area, takin
by meling 3y ago
“Forced” to use Google Maps in the car because it’s on the big screen, and recently I’ve been disappointed by how bad it is at navigation in the Bay area, taking me down pothole and slow streets with lots of turns. Even taking me to crossings without traffic lights making it difficult and slower to cross when traffic is heavy. And then as others have already explained, there are virtually no street names on the map (no matter how much you zoom), so it is very difficult to find the street I want to drive on. Or maybe that’s Tesla’s fault. Not sure.
One minor gripe I have with Apple Maps is that it doesn’t show my favorite locations in a quick and easy pickable ux… so I end up having to search for “home”.
- dagmx 3y agoImportantly, Tesla’s maps is not Google Maps. It’s powered by it sort of as a data provider but it does its own rendering, map management and some routing adjustments. It’s actually one reason why I wish Tesla had CarPlay because even though their maps is okay, it’s quite far behind the first party Apple or Google Maps implementation .