Hacker News Board Hacker News, browsed like a classic message board
Live data from Hacker News

maps.google.com now redirects to google.com/maps

garrit.xyz

Post reply on HN
Print view View original

371–380 of 396 posts

Re: maps.google.com now redirects to google.com/maps

#371

Post by notjtrig »

Swenrekcah wrote: post #363
khazhoux wrote: post #357

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I’m about to enable the new Facetime Live Transcription feature in iOS 16 so my wife can have conversations with her father, who is rapidly losing his hearing. For this reason (and I can think of many) I strongly disagree.

Fair enough, but that’s also a cool new feature that drives sales. I meant it more like, why wouldn’t they fix this objectively bad input mechanism? It would take tiny effort but it wouldn’t improve their sales or they might even calculate that it drives usage of iPhones and therefore good for them even though it’s bad for the users. For the record I own both an Apple TV and an iPhone, inasmuch one can pretend to own…

I had to look up this linear keyboard they created, pretty unique.

Seems like it can be changed.

Settings > General > Keyboard, then switch from “Automatic” to “Grid”.

Re: maps.google.com now redirects to google.com/maps

#372

Post by dotancohen »

NGRhodes wrote: post #274
dotancohen wrote: post #177

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> OSM with OSRM or Grasshopper Is this usable on mobile? Can you tell a bit more?

Sorry, I don't know. I used the OSM website for the purpose of this comparison. I use the Magic Earth app on my phone, which has proprietary route planning (using open street maps).

I see, thanks.

Re: maps.google.com now redirects to google.com/maps

#373

Post by dotancohen »

vetinari wrote: post #209
dotancohen wrote: post #171

Earlier quoted context omitted.

From where do they get traffic information? The only viable app that I've ever seen for traffic data is Waze, because of the huge install base. I do remember HERE from when they were a Nokia brand, but even with that history I think that they'd be too small to have good traffic information.

HERE is currently owned by a consortium of Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Audi. So I guess that's where their traffic info is from.

Thank you. Sounds like they'll have a ton of data for LA, not so much data for Detroit ))

Re: maps.google.com now redirects to google.com/maps

#374

Post by ancientworldnow »

godzillabrennus wrote: post #169
gjadi wrote: post #125

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If your threat is google, it would be wise not to use google in the first place. As other mentioned, OSM is an alternative (not equivalent) of Google Maps.

If only there was a drop in replacement for Google Workspace… even if you use Fastmail for email you don’t have Google docs anymore and that’s a huge piece…

Office365, Zoho, there are many options.

Re: maps.google.com now redirects to google.com/maps

#375

Post by CivBase »

thanhhaimai wrote: post #346
The5thElephant wrote: post #310

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It is absolutely bizarre to me how half-assed Google is with integrating its products. I have a week of events coming up in Google Calendar each with a different event location. Why can't I see a map of all those event locations alongside the calendar with all the same event details listed? Why can't I associate a Google Calendar event with a specific album or set of photos in Google Photos and see those in the map a…

> It is absolutely bizarre to me how half-assed Google is with integrating its products The answer can be summed up in one word: "privacy". There are two forces at play here. One side wants privacy. When they give data to Google Calendar, they don't want Google Maps or Ads know about it. The other side (your opinion above) wants more integration between services. In this political climate, the privacy side has an edg…

I don't think privacy has anything to do with it. Google Maps doesn't need to capture any user data to implement OP's suggestion. Google Calendar just needs to render a map with a set of locations marked on it using Google Maps. It doesn't need to tell Google Maps what or who the locations are for. This is something Google Calendar should already be able to accomplish using a public API. All other aspects of the feature could be implemented as part of the Google Calendar service without any further integration with Google Maps.

Further, I don't think users are generally against services using the information - which the user has presumably already provided intentionally - to better serve them. The problem is when that information is shared with third parties or used for purposes which are not obviously in the users' best interests. IMO, any user data stored externally should be subject to an opt-in permissions system which strictly defines how the data can be used. That doesn't stop companies like Google from being able to offer me useful services that I might actually be interested in. The notion that privacy discourages innovation is just silly.

Re: maps.google.com now redirects to google.com/maps

#376

Post by [deleted] »

Swenrekcah wrote: post #363
khazhoux wrote: post #357

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I’m about to enable the new Facetime Live Transcription feature in iOS 16 so my wife can have conversations with her father, who is rapidly losing his hearing. For this reason (and I can think of many) I strongly disagree.

Fair enough, but that’s also a cool new feature that drives sales. I meant it more like, why wouldn’t they fix this objectively bad input mechanism? It would take tiny effort but it wouldn’t improve their sales or they might even calculate that it drives usage of iPhones and therefore good for them even though it’s bad for the users. For the record I own both an Apple TV and an iPhone, inasmuch one can pretend to own…

[deleted]

Re: maps.google.com now redirects to google.com/maps

#377

Post by [deleted] »

froggit wrote: post #284
pifm_guy wrote: post #234

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Less than half the population has decent geolocation by IP. Most people the IP address will only identify the country or even nothing at all. Not much use if you want to search bakery's.

Google is my ISP. My geolocated IP is accurate within a 15 mile radius. It doesn't matter if I have location services turned off or I'm using my desktop, searching "bakeries near me" finds them without issue. I suspect that isn't all just one big coincidence.

[deleted]

Re: maps.google.com now redirects to google.com/maps

#378

Post by dotancohen »

ce4 wrote: post #235
dotancohen wrote: post #170

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Maybe you know. I've been told twice that OSMand can show the altitude above sea level of a location, but I cannot for the life of me figure out how. Have you any idea? Thanks!

It's these steps: - go to pugins section and activate the contour lines plugin - then go to download maps and load the contour lines data for your region - go to configure map and check the show contour lines option I think you need the f-droid Version or the paid pro Playstore version or the subscription. Please note that this will only show marked contour lines and not interpolate/estimate the elevation for any poi…

Perfect, thank you! In fact most of my apps are from F-droid when possible.

Re: maps.google.com now redirects to google.com/maps

#379

Post by sideshowb »

johannes1234321 wrote: post #276
qwery wrote: post #262

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> if I'm searching "bakery" on my mobile phone I probably want the ones around me Only when you're using a phone? Only if you're not at home? What if you want to find out what a bakery is? (Apologies for rapid fire, I'm not having a go at you, just curious)

There isn't a necessity for an "or" One could show a map preview of local results, which can be expanded as well as generic search results below/aside/...

Or a header along the lines of

We're showing you local results. To search the internet for "bakery" click here

It'd be great if they did that for anything personalized as well while they're at it

Re: maps.google.com now redirects to google.com/maps

#380

Post by xrayarx »

KronisLV wrote: post #80
dbrgn wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you need OSM on Android, I can recommend: - "Organic Maps" (a fork of the old MapsMe codebase) if you want a clean, simple user experience - "OSMAnd" if you want a very powerful, highly customizable map application, which comes at the cost of a steeper learning curve Both apps are open source and support navigation, offline maps and POI search. The things I miss most compared to Google Maps is live traffic informa…

I also had some success with HERE maps: https://wego.here.com Their Android app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.here.app.m... Their Apple app: https://apps.apple.com/app/id955837609 The performance is good (especially on a budget Android device, better than the recent versions of Google Maps, even), they're reasonably accurate (I'm in Eastern Europe) and include navigation, traffic information, pub…

I can also recommend this app for driving. My experience is better with this than with goggle and speed limit information is very useful.
Post reply on HN