Re:The day I discovered that Apple Maps is Kind of Good now
by freetime2 on Tuesday May 10, 2022 @04:29PM
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> ex: taking small side roads to a left turn onto a busy road with poor visibility and no light rather than right turns to the main road and signaled lefts
This is the biggest reason I try to avoid using Google Maps for navigation. It also tends to send me down narrow residential roads where I have to constantly be on the lookout for children, pedestrians, cyclists, or people backing out of their driveways. Or agricultural roads without a divider line where I need to slow down and pull to the shoulder a bit every time I pass oncoming traffic. And in the winter time these roads can be especially dangerous since they aren’t prioritized for snow removal.
Most of the time I’d much rather just take an extra 5 minutes to get where I am going if it results in a safer and more comfortable trip. The built-in GPS in my car does a much better job at this (although not without it’s own quirks) than both Google and Apple maps.
This is the biggest reason I try to avoid using Google Maps for navigation. It also tends to send me down narrow residential roads where I have to constantly be on the lookout for children, pedestrians, cyclists, or people backing out of their driveways. Or agricultural roads without a divider line where I need to slow down and pull to the shoulder a bit every time I pass oncoming traffic. And in the winter time these roads can be especially dangerous since they aren’t prioritized for snow removal.
Most of the time I’d much rather just take an extra 5 minutes to get where I am going if it results in a safer and more comfortable trip. The built-in GPS in my car does a much better job at this (although not without it’s own quirks) than both Google and Apple maps.