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Re:Apple Maps Gradually Winning over Google Maps Users, Repo... by nsavage on Tuesday July 18, 2023 @11:17AM (#36773863)
Another set of things annoying about Google Maps: - Google shows pins for locations on the map. Often if I try to click one, it zooms in on a new pin on a random lat/lon next to it. This mostly happens when zoomed out with a wide view of the city. Obviously I was going for that random location, not the ad you were trying to show me. - It routinely shows me illegal routes, some of which I don't notice until I'm well on my way to the route. I know some of this is a data problem, but I don't think the cops will care that Google told me to turn at a "no turns during rush hour" place.
Re:Apple Maps Gradually Winning over Google Maps Users, Repo... by starbugs on Tuesday July 18, 2023 @01:14PM (#36775945)
That is a good point that I missed in my list. In fact, I think in a recent update, they made the pins dots in an apparent attempt to declutter the map view. Now what you described got even worse, because the points have an even smaller hit box than the pins.