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The difference is that the road is still there, it's just buried beneath snow. It's a maps app, not a weather reporting app.
by charliesome 14y ago
The difference is that the road is still there, it's just buried beneath snow.
It's a maps app, not a weather reporting app.
- randomdata 14y agoSorry if I wasn't entirely clear before. The road wasn't buried in snow because we just had a blizzard, the road was buried because it has no winter maintenance. The road should not have come up as a passable route. For all intents and purposes, it does not exist.
- kedean 14y agoThat's an interesting issue I've never considered, living in an area where most roads are maintained, and if they are not they can still be driven on. Are there any digital map services that do take that into account when providing possible routes?
- gutnor 14y agoThere are a few road in France (some very famous Tour de France "col") that I know become part of a ski resort in winter time. Sure the road is indeed still there but for several months a year you need a pair of ski, a pass and the skill to manage a red track. The important point to note though, is that independent of the quality of the map in your GPS, there is plenty of indication along the road. Turn by turn indication is great, but indication on the road itself should take precedence. I don't know what makes somebody follow blindly a magical widget in a way they would never follow local people giving them indication. ( I had quite often the situation of friends following the GPS instead of my indication, despite having lived in the area for 30+ years. )