Google Decides to Monetize Maps

Re:Google Decides to Monetize Maps by notyourday on Thursday April 18, 2019 @06:13PM (#19695269)

> I have used google Maps for navigation. It's not all that much better than my Garmin, at least not in my area. Even in downtown Manhattan the Garmin worked flawlessly.

If flawlessly defined sending one to the closed street and putting one into a two hour long traffic jam because it has no real time data feed, then sure maybe it is flawless. But this is 2019 and not 2009.

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Re:Google Decides to Monetize Maps by frosted-flakes on Thursday April 18, 2019 @07:50PM (#19695807)

But it did not do that to me. And this was in 2016, not 2019.

Furthermore, it does have a data feed for traffic, through FM radio (using the power cable as an antenna) and/or a Bluetooth connection to a phone. It's not as good as google Maps' traffic updates and it's only for major roads, but it works pretty well.

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Re:Google Decides to Monetize Maps by vict00ms on Friday April 19, 2019 @12:54PM (#19701033)

I have a Garmin that's over five years old and it gives me real-time traffic updates reliably.

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