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Google’s Routing Data Sucks

posted by lxnyce on Wednesday November 04, @09:45AM   Printer-friendly   Email story  Permalink  Trackback URI  Slashdotthis  Diggthis  Del.icio.us
from the free-is-sometimes-not-so-good dept.
Google Location-Based Services
I haven't seen much headlines about this, however the Map Room Blog points to an article discussing some of the trouble. I personally have been tossed way off course on multiple occasions by Google Maps after the switch. It completely messed up my stored home location at one point, which put it in a different city. I think they need to seriously consider adding back the beta tag to the maps application. Visit the Map Room Blog for the link to the article, as it's a pretty interesting read.
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  • Why...

    (Score:1, Interesting)
    by Anonymous Voxel on Wednesday November 04, @01:57PM (#3329)
    are there so few similar articles? I agree the data is not up to snuff, but no one seems to care....much.
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    • Re:Why...

      (Score:3, Interesting)
      by lxnyce (1043) on Wednesday November 04, @03:02PM (#3330)
      ( http://www.vizure.com/ )
      I'll quote one of the comments on the articles site : "If Microsoft or Yahoo did this they would be getting lambasted over data quality… Why is google in general getting a free pass."

      I just don't see why Google is getting a free pass on this, especially considering maps is no longer beta.
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