Chaos on German autobahns as Google Maps wrongly says they are closed
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Re: Chaos on German autobahns as Google Maps wrongly says they are closed
#2> Chaos on German autobahns as Google Maps wrongly says they are closed
... and some people cannot use their brains and have to rely on Google to do it for them.
Re: Chaos on German autobahns as Google Maps wrongly says they are closed
#3> Chaos on German autobahns as Google Maps wrongly says they are closed ... and some people cannot use their brains and have to rely on Google to do it for them.
If the task is to create fastest route between German cities avoiding current and future traffic and also avoid road closures. How would you use your brain to solve it in reasonable time?
Re: Chaos on German autobahns as Google Maps wrongly says they are closed
#4I am amazed at Googles ineptitude here. Wouldn't you put some kind of warning or notification in place to notice an unusual amount of user reports and turn this feature off if necessary or block it in a specific region?
This is a service which is supposedly responsible for about 11 billion in Googles revenue [1] and apparently has no Spam protection.
[1] https://finance.yahoo.com/news/google-maps-poised-11-billion...
Re: Chaos on German autobahns as Google Maps wrongly says they are closed
#5> Chaos on German autobahns as Google Maps wrongly says they are closed ... and some people cannot use their brains and have to rely on Google to do it for them.
If google maps told you a main road was closed, would your first instinct be to suspect that google maps is lying to you for the first time since you started using it? I'd sooner suspect a meteor landed on the road.
Re: Chaos on German autobahns as Google Maps wrongly says they are closed
#6Was the chaos on the Autobahn? The article say it was on alternate routes. Was the Autobahn blessed with light traffic as a result?
Re: Chaos on German autobahns as Google Maps wrongly says they are closed
#7I am amazed at Googles ineptitude here. Wouldn't you put some kind of warning or notification in place to notice an unusual amount of user reports and turn this feature off if necessary or block it in a specific region? This is a service which is supposedly responsible for about 11 billion in Googles revenue [1] and apparently has no Spam protection. [1] https://finance.yahoo.com/news/google-maps-poised-11-billion...
Waze, owned by Google, does this by asking other drivers to confirm reports on the ground. I don't recall Google Maps doing this.
Re: Chaos on German autobahns as Google Maps wrongly says they are closed
#8I am amazed at Googles ineptitude here. Wouldn't you put some kind of warning or notification in place to notice an unusual amount of user reports and turn this feature off if necessary or block it in a specific region? This is a service which is supposedly responsible for about 11 billion in Googles revenue [1] and apparently has no Spam protection. [1] https://finance.yahoo.com/news/google-maps-poised-11-billion...
Waze, owned by Google, does this by asking other drivers to confirm reports on the ground. I don't recall Google Maps doing this.
Android auto has incorporated this 'feature' in maps.
Re: Chaos on German autobahns as Google Maps wrongly says they are closed
#9> Chaos on German autobahns as Google Maps wrongly says they are closed ... and some people cannot use their brains and have to rely on Google to do it for them.
If the task is to create fastest route between German cities avoiding current and future traffic and also avoid road closures. How would you use your brain to solve it in reasonable time?
Because that isn't actually the task. you don't need the fastest, just "good enough".
So you'll pick the major highways and follow any detour signage like you would have in the old days.
Re: Chaos on German autobahns as Google Maps wrongly says they are closed
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
Waze, owned by Google, does this by asking other drivers to confirm reports on the ground. I don't recall Google Maps doing this.
Android auto has incorporated this 'feature' in maps.
I get the feeling these two systems don't talk at all.
I've used GMaps for navigation while on vacation in remote areas and the routing will be completely different than Waze, even when settings are made identical when it comes to time-vs-distance, avoid tolls, etc. Waze is much, much better.