reabsorbthelightFeb 22

Pushing Google maps to account for parking time

https://lemmy.world/post/43463034

Pushing Google maps to account for parking time - Lemmy.World

So I’ve noticed that Google maps always adds walking time into public transport routes, but never accounts for parking and walking when driving. I like it feel like this gives the impression that public transport is slower, when 9/10 driving with friends we waste a ton of time parking and walking. If Google maps and Waze showed parking and walking estimates, it would level the playing field and possibly have a dramatic effect on public transport usage.

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I’d settle for G-Maps just showing how long a drive takes if you drive the speed limit. Last time I took a long drive the estimate assumed I’d be doing more than ten over the whole way.
Feb 22 at 9:50pmWeb
Show threadreabsorbthelightFeb 23
Yeah I noticed this too. They know the speed limit because the app shows it, but then intentionally estimate you going faster
Show threadScrolloneFeb 23
It’s because they base their data on real people driving faster.
Show threadBaŝtoFeb 23
Since they track people, they know how fast people are going there on average
Show threadTrainguyromFeb 23
To be entirely fair, the speed limits they have entered into their database are often incorrect. For an egregious example, I was on a state highway in Illinois last year (I think highway 16 or something like that) and Google Maps said the speed limit was 16MPH despite the clearly posted 55MPH speed limit, so obviously whatever person or tool they had reading the signs misunderstood the highway signs as speed limit signs