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Classic maps was usable and feature rich. New maps is terrible on both fronts.
Wow, some of the user feedback in that thread is brutal.
o Measure distances in google Maps (and put a nice marker on the screen)
o Get the Long Lat for any point on a map.
Some of their rants are about things that exist (showing distance bars in Metric or Imperial, on the screen)
And some of them seem really, really niche: "Photo icons placed at the location of the photo overlaid on the map, and not in some useless "carousel" feature."
Some of them seem wrong, "Autocomplete not working" - sure works for me. To a spooky degree that makes me wonder how it knows from "St. R " to automatically fill out "St. Regis, Singapore" - I mean, yes, that's what I wanted, but seriously, WTF - how did you know?
Anyways, I'm guessing that their user interaction surveys have shown that nobody except the die-hard classic maps users will care. I wonder if there was a similar uproar when Apple decided to shut down aperture, and move to photos. Probably not, as all the people who cared had probably switched to lightroom a long, long time ago - and the ones left on aperture are probably going to be totally happy with Photos. (raises hand)
I guess I'm among the minority of people who use google maps just to look up directions, see traffic, and look up nearby businesses, and that's enough for me. The one feature I don't see though is the ability do traffic estimations which was convenient. I know the team will get there, I cannot fully support their decision to disable old maps but I can understand it. Most of flame in that thread is unfortunate and unn…
The biggest complaint I'm seeing is that a specific feature is removed from the new version. I too previously had a complaint about the peg man being removed. It was impossible to find the street view I needed without that.
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The biggest complaint I'm seeing is that a specific feature is removed from the new version. I too previously had a complaint about the peg man being removed. It was impossible to find the street view I needed without that.
But, peg man is back, right?
I'm not sure what's going on with their setup, but that's my only real complaint.
My real complaint with google maps of late is how terribly slow they've been. I've tried on an android phone, an osx laptop, a windows desktop, all at different locations. The common theme is the abysmally slow load time. Bing maps has loaded quickly, as has open streetmap. I'm not sure what's going on with their setup, but that's my only real complaint.
Apparently Google engineers are using top of the line hardware and nobody is aware of the issue. Looks like some dogfooding is required. :)
And I'm not talking about departure/arrival times here. Just basic routing from point A to point B.
- Classic maps is great on all devices New Maps sucks when there is a lower power CPU? Slow and laggy
- Why is there a Honking big Search box Hiding my map
- AutoZoom that randomly decides that a "drag action' is a Zoom
- Where are my previous searches? Why do they show up at-Most one at a time?
-- On and on
This is truly a step backwards.