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And since then, much like search, Google has apparently been on a mission to ruin Maps. There are many stories of Google Maps getting people stranded in remote
by bigfatkitten 2y ago
And since then, much like search, Google has apparently been on a mission to ruin Maps.
There are many stories of Google Maps getting people stranded in remote locations. Anecdotally, I find its route suggestions become less sensible every year.
Last month I took a drive through regional Australia from Swan Hill to Albury.
The quickest, safest, most fuel efficient and easiest route is to follow B400 Murray Valley Highway all the way, and this is what Apple Maps suggested.
Google Maps, on the other hand absolutely refused to do this. It insisted on routing me down dirt tracks in the middle of nowhere, even when I added every major town on the route as an intermediate stop. This is the sort of thing that gets people stranded and killed.
- netsharc 2y ago> And since then, much like search, Google has apparently been on a mission to ruin Maps. That's an unfair and inaccurate statement. It's not like they started perfect and has only gotten worse. Maps has gotten shittier, but for me (or I've only noticed it) only since the last few years. I usually use it, even for known routes, to be noitified of traffic jams. And last year it started to offer a new route out of my neighborhood, which is basically "Drive into this dead-end road, and before you reach the end, turn right down these set of stairs"...
- bigfatkitten 2y agoI didn't suggest they were ever perfect, but as with search, they got to a point where they were pretty good before taking a rapid nosedive.