> The problem is that mapping software is reliable and doesn't spit out a result of what is essentially a random number generator. Not really. I am not good a

> The problem is that mapping software is reliable and doesn't spit out a result of what is essentially a random number generator. Not really. I am not good at navigation yet love to walk around, so I use a set of maps apps a lot. Google Maps is not reliable if you expect optimal routes, and its accuracy sharply falls if you're not traveling by car. Even then, bus lanes, prioerty lanes, time limited areas etc. will be a bloodbath if you expect Maps to understand them. Mapping itself will often be inacurate in any town that isn't frozen in time for decades, place names are often wrong, and it has no concept of verticality/3D space, short of switching to limited experimental views. Paid dedicated map apps will in general work a lot better (I'm thinking hiking maps etc.) All to say, I'd mostly agree with parent on how fuzzier Maps are.