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The worst thing in mapping software is Google Maps public transport. Ten minute walk to the subway/tube then a fourteen minute ride? Every other app, like cit
by nailer 3y ago
The worst thing in mapping software is Google Maps public transport.
Ten minute walk to the subway/tube then a fourteen minute ride?
Every other app, like citymapper or apple maps, tell you this takes 24 minutes.
Google Maps simply omits the walk time and incorrectly tells you the journey takes 14 minutes - making you late.
- smcl 3y agoThis isn’t true. I just looked for directions to somewhere in my city that involves an estimated 3 minute walk to the tram stop and a 34 minute ride and it correctly reported 37 minute journey. I already knew this though because it’s walking speed estimates are a little slow for me, so I often arrive earlier than I need to.
- exegete 3y agoApple Maps does this with some of the larger subway stations in NYC. Get off the bus at Port Authority and get on the 1 train for example. The “entrance” is at the Port Authority bus terminal but it’s a long underground tunnel to walk to get to the 1 train and it doesn’t seem to account for that walking underground since your already in the “station”.
- tekla 3y ago> Google Maps simply omits the walk time and incorrectly tells you the journey takes 14 minutes - making you late. No it doesn't, it calculates the walk time. How about we take 10 seconds to Google this? https://maps.app.goo.gl/1JcSMN3qrNuFpNSL8 https://maps.app.goo.gl/1JcSMN3qrNuFpNSL8 Has walking times
- nailer 3y agoOK they’ve fixed this. They hadn’t about a year ago and a decade before that. > How about we take 10 seconds to Google this? How about you learn the HN guidelines?