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Re:Google Maps changes a route after the drama of young peop... by ghaff on Tuesday December 29, 2020 @06:00PM (#25576118)
>I think most sane drivers would have bailed at the first turn off of the pavement.

Well-maintained gravel road seems pretty reasonable in that area of the country. But I'd probably consult my paper map at that point which I would also always have for that area of the country (had I not done so already).

I'll mostly put my trust in Google etc. to find my hotel in Silicon Valley. Not so much to get me somewhere in the rural West.

Re:Google Maps changes a route after the drama of young peop... by colechristensen on Tuesday December 29, 2020 @08:31PM (#25577313)
I can barely trust google maps in SV, because it seems to go very far out of its way to make a simple route complicated, usually along the lines of doing a U turn on a highway and a dozen other turns in order to save one minute on el camino. It took me quite a while to get acquainted with the area because i was always doing these navigation gymnastics instead of straight simple routes.
Re:Google Maps changes a route after the drama of young peop... by throwaway0a5e on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @08:31AM (#25581478)
With directions like that SV's hatred for grid layouts makes more sense.