• bluesheep@sh.itjust.works
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    11 days ago

    I’ve found Google maps to be really shit at navigating for cars to be honest. I recommend Waze. My only gripe with waze is that they’re very car focused, so I still use maps when I go by bike, but at least that part of maps is pretty okay (at least for me)

  • BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
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    12 days ago

    Google Maps has been doing a lot of weird shit lately. I recently went on a road trip, going to a place I hit every year, taking my regular toll-less route, which is mostly 95.

    G-Maps kept trying me to take new routes, which had tolls, and took LONGER. It tried to derail me at least a half dozen times, just changing my route without my consent. I had to stay on it every minute, even though I was driving.

    I came to the conclusion that Google is cutting deals with states to shift people to toll roads, even if it takes longer. Probably getting a cut of the tolls. So it doesn’t matter which route you want to take, based on less mileage or fastest, they are going to prioritize the route that makes them the most money.

    On the way back, I left late, after my event. I expected to drive for a couple of hours, take a nap, and finish. After a few hours, I realized that even though I had put my home address in, like I had a million times before, G-Maps decided I must mean a similar address in a different STATE, and in my tiredness, I didn’t realize it until I was crossing the border into the wrong state. I had to backtrack, and all that time was wasted.

    What the fuck is Google Maps doing? That was just one trip. I’ve learned to stay on top of G-Maps. You can’t trust them at all.

      • CannonFodder@lemmy.world
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        12 days ago

        Then you lose traffic updates. I use Wayze, and it suddenly switched and told me to take a turn and I followed it and neatly circumvented a jacknifed truck and probably a big delay.

      • mrgoosmoos@lemmy.caEnglish
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        12 days ago

        the main reason I use navigation is for traffic, though

        but if you know that’s not going to be a concern, absolutely a good idea

        • explodicle@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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          12 days ago

          I want its opinion on traffic once - before I leave - and that’s it. Once I’m on the road, I absolutely do not want to hear its suggestion to change 3 lanes to catch this next exit.