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Re:TomTom announces new Maps Platform using OpenStreetMap by newjersey on Wednesday November 02, 2022 @07:13AM (#33433961)
> auto-learn

There is a gate right behind me that is closed with chains. It isn't possible to drive through there, though you can walk in and out from the smaller gate.

Google still always tells me to drive through the gate. I don't think Google Maps auto-learns. Maybe it needs a bigger sample size so people don't abuse it?

Re:TomTom announces new Maps Platform using OpenStreetMap by acdha on Wednesday November 02, 2022 @07:28AM (#33434075)
If you use the reporting interface they seem to update promptly. There’s a major road near us where Google used to tell people to make a illegal left turn across 4 lanes of traffic, which was common enough that I used to see it almost every time I went by for years. Once I found the well-hidden reporting UI, that stopped two weeks later.
Re:TomTom announces new Maps Platform using OpenStreetMap by gambiting on Wednesday November 02, 2022 @08:40AM (#33434753)
There is a no-left-turn street near my work, and Google maps keeps telling me to turn left there. I've been reporting it every now and then since at least 2018 and it does nothing.
Re:TomTom announces new Maps Platform using OpenStreetMap by acdha on Wednesday November 02, 2022 @03:21PM (#33441524)
Yeah, don't ask me to defend Google on any customer service topic. I automatically believe any lapse you report.