Google Maps changes a route after the drama of young people lost on a ghost road

Re:Google Maps changes a route after the drama of young peop... by ghaff on Tuesday December 29, 2020 @04:57PM (#25575547)

Once you get below the level of "real road," maybe best defined as well-maintained gravel road, databases get sketchy. (And even paved roads can be seasonal but at least these tend to have gates when they're closed--not that you can really count on lack of gates to mean the route is safe.)

Once you get off the beaten track, you really want to tap into local knowledge if you can. Don't just trust Google or paper maps for that matter.

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Re:Google Maps changes a route after the drama of young peop... by s0rce on Tuesday December 29, 2020 @05:15PM (#25575716)

Yup, I remember when I was going to check out the 2017 eclipse in eastern Oregon I wasn't really paying attention to the paper map and we were in a truck anyways but google maps routed us on a much worse road than the other option which is shown on the USGS topo map and the Benchmark Atlas.

"wrong way" via Basin Creek & Umatilla Creek

https://www.google.com/maps/dir/44.2207582,-119.1331445/Rile...

"right way" via White Creek & Riley creek

https://www.google.com/maps/dir/44.2207582,-119.1331445/Rile...

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