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I really hate that too. You are in a intersection and the voice says "Drive north for x miles/km". What is wrong with "turn right and drive for x miles/km"? I n
by TowerTall 3y ago
I really hate that too. You are in a intersection and the voice says "Drive north for x miles/km". What is wrong with "turn right and drive for x miles/km"? I normally have zero clue in what direction north is especially when I am in a location i have never been before. I drive a bike and have the phone in my pocket and can therefore not see any arrow that the app might display. I only have the audio to navigate from.
- jeffhuys 3y agoThat’s Google maps for you. Try another one, most have way better voice cues (amongst other things!).
- robertlagrant 3y agoThat's odd. My Google Maps tells me to turn left or right. It doesn't use compass directions.
- roxgib 3y agoIt will do that if it doesn't already know what direction you're travelling, which is usually because you've just activated navigation and you aren't moving yet. Unless I happen to know which direction north is or which way to towards my destination I'll just pick a random direction and it will adjust the route if I guessed wrong.
- thaumasiotes 3y ago> You are in a intersection and the voice says "Drive north for x miles/km". Does that really happen? I have never experienced it. How do they tell which way is north? Highway 101 runs through San Jose pretty much due east/west, but because it also runs up to San Francisco, it is officially a north-south highway. So you check your position on the map and you're traveling due east along an east/west road. Is that "north"? (Of course not. It's "south".)