Apple Maps vs. Google Maps vs. Waze

Re:Apple Maps vs. Google Maps vs. Waze by akie on Wednesday February 21, 2018 @05:11AM (#16428343)

I had the same issue when I was living in Geneva, especially when driving in dense traffic. You'd be on the right lane of a two lane road, and suddenly it turns to the right while the left lane continues on straight. And obviously there'd be no way to quickly go to the left lane anymore because the traffic is severely stuck anyway. So then you end up driving in the wrong direction, still stuck in traffic, and have to take a (sometimes significant) detour.

Happened to me more than a few times, and the only way you can avoid it is if you know all the local roads, or if your navigation software knows it...

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Re:Apple Maps vs. Google Maps vs. Waze by IncRnd on Wednesday February 21, 2018 @06:46AM (#16428733)

Don't the street signs give you an indication that a lane branches off?

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Re:Apple Maps vs. Google Maps vs. Waze by akie on Wednesday February 21, 2018 @07:07AM (#16428828)

Not always, but perhaps I misremember. It's usually printed on the road itself though, but you can't always see that because other cars are queued on top of it...

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Re:Apple Maps vs. Google Maps vs. Waze by maccard on Thursday February 22, 2018 @04:22AM (#16436350)

I’ve a particular junction in mind where there’s no street signage on the junction saying you can’t go straight in the left lane until you’re at the junction (which is around a bend), and he only road markings for it are covered by cars queueing to go straight. Google also gets this particular junction wrong.

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