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Re:Let them paste passwords by sgustard on Thursday May 18, 2017 @01:05PM (#14368947)
So no Google Maps for you? I remember mapquest 20 years ago where you'd pan the map by clicking arrows and reloading the page. Good times! Usability totally won that day.
Re:Let them paste passwords by lucb1e on Thursday May 18, 2017 @01:31PM (#14369223)
> no Google Maps for you?

I roughly use OpenStreetMap 80% of the time, Bing 5% and Google Maps 15%.

Looking up where an address is? OSM. Routing? OSM. Opening hours for places I go semi-regularly (but not often enough to remember them)? OSM (I put them in myself). Footpaths, caves, info on towers (like GSM/3G), public transport routes, etc.? OSM.

Aerial imagery? Bing (much faster than Google Maps).

Traffic info? Google Maps (I'm still casually looking for alternatives). Searching a shop? Google Maps.

In the Netherlands OSM is of equivalent quality in some categories (road network, addresses), better quality in others (trails, meta info about towers or cave entrances or so), or worse in yet other categories (information about businesses, at least outside of city centers).

Re:Let them paste passwords by _jal on Thursday May 18, 2017 @01:14PM (#14369041)
I use Apple maps when I need them, but that isn't often. I don't drive much, and when I do I use Navigon for turn-by-turn, which I bought before that feature became a free thing.

I don't use Google services in my personal life. (I have less control over vendors at work.)