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Kid_Thunder 47 points 3 years ago

How about adding speed limit without a destination, showing house/building numbers around you, traffic overlay without a destination, allow voice response to if reported hazards/speed traps/whatever is still there, better lane assistance, turn or which side the destination is on preview on the turn before so you know which lane to be in? Maybe a Recents list that doesn't seem like it's just a shuffle of a few random locations you've been to maybe once in the last 6 months?

Maybe some of that has been added somewhat recently?

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SmoothLiquidation 12 points 3 years ago

How about if you have a destination, find me a rest area/restaurant/whatever that is on the route. Not just around somewhere.

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astropenguin5 1 point 3 years ago

You can pretty well? The search along route feature works pretty well, sure there are a few things a little out of the way but not much

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xthexder 1 point 3 years ago

I didn't even know this was a feature until now... It's buried in the dropdown menu like setting an arrival time.

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thebustinator 7 points 3 years ago

Traffic overlay without a destination has existed for years...

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iamjackflack 1 point 3 years ago

On mobile apps? I just looked at a couple samplings of highways and there’s nothing. I started an actual route same area and it shows traffic density on the highway. I think Kid_Thunder is correct, it doesn’t show road usage if you don’t have a destination specified. Is what your saying for the web site specifically?

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SomethingBurger 4 points 3 years ago

It does. Tap the Overlay button (above the compass) and enable Traffic.

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scytale 3 points 3 years ago

I wish it also showed the speed limit of the road you're on even if you're not actively navigating.

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iamjackflack 2 points 3 years ago

Ah sometimes it’s just knowing an option is there. Thank you kind internet stranger

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chalupapocalypse 4 points 3 years ago

Sure hasn't! Would be nice to add speed traps and hazards from Android auto too

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Kid_Thunder 3 points 3 years ago

Maybe they'll replace it with a few of the features of Waze but without ads, adds stuff that have been asked for by people for years and the Google Maps look, call it Google Ways and act like it's going to be continued to be developed as Google Maps 2.0. Then Google Maps goes away but Google Ways never gets updated with anymore features.

All the competitors on the market lose a large part of their customer base now.

Then one day Google Maps makes a reappearance to replace Google Ways. You can now select an icon to represent your car but otherwise, it has no Waze features and has less features than the original Google Maps but they promise they'll be porting those features over. They never do.

That's pretty much the kind of thing I expect from Google.

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thefactremains 2 points 3 years ago
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Pretzilla 2 points 3 years ago

Isn't that already an option - alerts only?

What other alerts pop up? KFC ahead?

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thefactremains 0 points 3 years ago
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spongebue 2 points 3 years ago

There's that midway sound setting that only makes noise if you screw up, but not every little turn. That also alerts for those things in my experience. It also welcomes me when I cross a state line which I think is sweet 😊

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londos 1 point 3 years ago

Would also love to have just an ETA without directions. I usually don't need them commuting or going about town, but I keep them up anyway to keep track of time. Would love just an ETA widget.

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fuckwit_mcbumcrumble 6 points 3 years ago

They’d have to know where you’re going, and an eta only works if you follow the path it thinks you’re going to be taking. The best you can probably do is directions, but mute the alerts.

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londos 1 point 3 years ago

Yeah, that's how I usually do it, just leaving it muted. I'd expect to continue to enter a destination. The ETA would update if I take a wrong turn, choose another route or get caught in traffic. Basically it should work exactly as it currently does, I just don't want to have the map on the screen sometimes.

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wesley 1 point 3 years ago

I'm still waiting for offline bicycle, transit and WALKING directions. Why can't it tell me which way to walk without internet but it can tell me how to drive a car??

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tim-clark 21 points 3 years ago

Google maps won't even give me the closest chain store when I search. Directions to the target 13miles away and not the one 1 mile away. That would need to be fixed in order to provide the closest charger for my ev. It's google so nothing will get fixed

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onion 15 points 3 years ago

Obligatory have you tried OpenStreetMap?

Btw car chargers are being added to OSM as well

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joekar1990 4 points 3 years ago

Or you get a sponsored store result in the first 5 no where near you.

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sudo42 7 points 3 years ago

Wow. Another example of Google on the cutting edge. 🙄

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chalupapocalypse 7 points 3 years ago

Everyone with an EV is already using plugshare, but thanks I Guess

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silence7 5 points 3 years ago

The value is that it shows people who aren't using EVs yet what's available

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the_third 4 points 3 years ago
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reddig33 -5 points 3 years ago

I don’t understand why I need AI to find a charger on a map. It’s not like the charger has legs where it gets up and moves to a new location every other week.

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silence7 22 points 3 years ago
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silence7 6 points 3 years ago

The ML tool is a summary of the directions. That's a plausible use of ML

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