Google sends anti-regulation propaganda to small businesses using Google Maps

Re:Google sends anti-regulation propaganda to small business... by simonh on Wednesday November 10, 2021 @04:53AM (#29172936)

I’ve tried to switch to Apple maps a few times. Most recently was last weekend I used it for navigation directions. The problem this time was on Google maps your route in the display is annotated with small white arrows at the point where you turn off your current road on to a turning or slip road. On Apple maps you don’t get that, you just see a continuous blue curve with no visual indication where the turns are. Back to Google!

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Re:Google sends anti-regulation propaganda to small business... by dkdbejwi383 on Wednesday November 10, 2021 @05:23AM (#29173131)

The problem with Apple Maps is that it's just monumentally stupid, for lack of a better term.

I live in east London, and the other day I searched for directions to "Barbican", which is both a tube station and landmark in central London. My transport preference in the app is set to public transport.

Apple Maps gave me driving directions to an island called "Barbican" in the middle of the sea somewhere.

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Re:Google sends anti-regulation propaganda to small business... by ernesth on Wednesday November 10, 2021 @06:28AM (#29173518)

To be fair, Google Maps is also stupid:

I once planned in advance and saved a trip with intermediary steps ending at what it calls "Domicile" (its way of saying Home in french). The next day I open the trip and the destination is no longer my home but a place doing home cleaning close to my start...

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Re:Google sends anti-regulation propaganda to small business... by gambiting on Wednesday November 10, 2021 @05:38AM (#29173213)

It's beyond stupid. It does the same thing for me, I'm in the UK, I search for something and it gives me a location somewhere in the US.

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Re:Google sends anti-regulation propaganda to small business... by janekm on Wednesday November 10, 2021 @06:03AM (#29173367)

I just tried and it came up with Barbican centre and Barbican tube, might be worth updating to the latest version as there seem to have been a lot of improvement on the London map. Walking guidance also works better in Apple maps for me (especially with the watch). Still I also do find myself using Google Maps a lot of the time despite preferring the Apple one on privacy / design grounds.

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Re:Google sends anti-regulation propaganda to small business... by runj__ on Wednesday November 10, 2021 @06:04AM (#29173371)

So, how was the island?

I've experienced similar things, seems like one of the simpler problems to solve.

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Re:Google sends anti-regulation propaganda to small business... by mrfusion on Wednesday November 10, 2021 @06:58AM (#29173701)

The worst part of Apple Maps is bizarre Yelp integration. I have to install an app and register just to see photos and read reviews?

Other than that it works pretty well for me.

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