• Decq@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    I especially love it when people ask me directions to some random place, while they have Google maps open on their phone… Like, why? How hard is it to follow ‘go left, go right’.??

    • guy@piefed.social
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      4 days ago

      Sometimes the calibration is off and you’re unsure which direction you’re supposed to go but this happened to me.

      A french lady with some company came up to me and asked for directions to a cinema, so I pointed out the way which was straight ahead for two blocks and then one left, exactly the same route the Google maps she showed me had. And in the correct direction she was facing.

      Like… just follow it man

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        4 days ago

        In my experience Google maps is frequently wrong about the last 20 meters or so.

        So you’re wandering around the block looking for the entrance

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        4 days ago

        When the calibration is off, either calibrate it. It takes 2 seconds. Or just walk 5m and see where it goes. Or just read the map as, you know, a map.

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        4 days ago

        It’s always something that Google is right about. Maybe not to the exact meter. Most of the time I help them by whipping out Google maps myself

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          4 days ago

          No, no it isn’t always right about maps. It might be because we’re in Seattle or AI has been taking over more than it should, but it’s been wrong a lot lately.

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            3 days ago

            It was in my anecdotal experience, which is what I meant. But yes Google maps really has taken a nose dive lately.