Re:Apple is rebuilding Maps from the ground up
by zapdrive on Friday June 29, 2018 @03:04PM
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No you are not odd. Often, it's frustrating when trying to read a street name on Google maps, especially in a dense area like a downtown. Google prefers to display business names over street names. And when there are lots of businesses in an area, you won't be able to see a street name until you absolutely zoom all the way in.
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Re:Apple is rebuilding Maps from the ground up
by nikanj on Friday June 29, 2018 @04:20PM
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This is my #1 pet peeve on Google maps. It's the non-determinism that really gets me. Maybe zooming in will get me a street name? Maybe zooming out will? Maybe if I followed the road in that direction? How about this direction? How about if I follow it a few blocks, then zoom out?
Getting a good dose of impotent rage just thinking about it.
Re:Apple is rebuilding Maps from the ground up
by SiVal on Friday June 29, 2018 @04:46PM
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Well now you've gotten me all bothered, too. And if I do manage to find the street name but can't quite read it because the font is too small, I zoom in and the road expands but the font doesn't. No matter how I zoom or pan, it offers either 1) too small, or 2) oops, I disappeared again.
Re:Apple is rebuilding Maps from the ground up
by dahauns on Saturday June 30, 2018 @06:39AM
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What's even more infuriating in such a case: even many businesses are missing until you zoom way in.
On desktop, I've resorted to use gmaps with 50-60% browser zoom to get it to show a bigger part of the map at full zoom while still having full symbol density. It's crazy.
(The most ironic part is the pop-up "You should increase browser zoom level to get a better Google Maps experience!". No, Google, not really.)