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I just opened a tab with Google Maps to see "Berlin-Bezirk Neukölln", as I was reading an article on a news site about it. My first thought was "I can't see sh

I just opened a tab with Google Maps to see "Berlin-Bezirk Neukölln", as I was reading an article on a news site about it. My first thought was "I can't see shit with this new map" [0]. I also created a comparison between OSM, old map, new map of that section [1]. I wonder if this is Google trying to transfer less vector data per view. [0] https://www.google.com/maps/place/Berlin-Bezirk+Neuk%C3%B6lln/@52.445912,13.4617911,12z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5 https://www.google.com/maps/place/Berlin-Bezirk+Neuk%C3%B6ll... [1] https://imgur.com/eiU4HGH https://imgur.com/eiU4HGH

pmontra 3y ago
The one on the left is the best one by far. However it lacks POIs and they could be useful. I'm unsure which one is better between the middle and the right one. They are probably at the same level. The middle one has some more POIs. The big difference is that all roads have the same color in the map at the right (the new Google Map) so you have to rely only on thickness/thinness of the line to assess the importance of a road and maybe on its label.