ApiaryJun 21, 2024
Google has slowly changed how it displays driving directions to limit routes to ones it thinks burn less fuel. When plugging in the drive to get to my parents it presents one option that uses a ferry. The directions treat the ferry like a bridge that you could use at any time, and it no longer presents alternate routes that use actual roads.
The ferry runs twice a day.
Show threadacbJun 21, 2024
@Apiary Does Apple Maps work any better these days?
Show threadsenJun 21, 2024
@acb @Apiary As an anecdote, a couple of days ago I sent a colleague an address where I would meet them, I got there with Apple Maps directing me, and my colleague was directed by Google Maps to the top of the hill next to where we needed to be.
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@acb @Apiary Base issue, over here in regional Australia at least, is that Google Maps will have a “centre” of an address and direct users to the closest reachable point to it, Apple Maps will direct users to the the street-front of the address.
Jun 21, 2024 at 11:10amWeb