Google Maps just fucking SUCKS now

[jakeroot]

I cannot use the arrow keys to do any more than rotate, but the only way I ever navigate in Street View is by clicking on the mini map in the bottom left. You can zoom in really far and get super precise.

[US 41]

Is everyone else no longer able to navigate in Street View with the arrow keys?  It lets me turn the view, but not move backward or forward with the arrows.  I have to click with the mouse to move, so I can only go forward or sideways; backward is no longer possible.

This is very annoying.  Now I can navigate Street View with arrow keys only in Google Earth.  I hardly use the new maps, and now I have more reason not to.

You can still use the arrow keys in SV with Lite Mode. Lite Mode is the only thing I use unless I need directions, then I use Mapquest.

[Rothman]

My problem with MapQuest is that the vector set it uses has significant issues when getting directions.  Try getting to Confluence Point State Park in MO or Smith Falls State Park in Nebraska, for instance.  Roads are not drawn correctly or simply omitted from the data set (still NAVTEQ?).

The frustrating thing is that it wasn't always this way.  Something changed a year or so ago.  I loved the number of edit points you could put into a MapQuest route, but the vector set became so lousy that I gave it up altogether.

Very disappointing.

[vdeane]

Seriously, what will Google remove next?  Maybe in a few months there won't even be roads on the map?

[hotdogPi]

Seriously, what will Google remove next?  Maybe in a few months there won't even be roads on the map?

My guess is that on April 1, all roads (even dead end roads, biking trails, and roads in other countries) will be labeled as Interstate 1. It will not change back the next day.

[1995hoo]

I was irked by Google Maps being slow this afternoon, so I tried Bing Maps because their site has been consistently fast. I noted they had a link on the left side suggesting you try the "new" Bing Maps. Out of curiosity, I clicked on it. Worst of all worlds: Similar interface to new Google Maps, slower than the old Bing Maps, outdated map data (multiple missing ramps along I-95 in Northern Virginia–the HO/T lanes have been open for almost eight months now, so the ramps should be there; the ICC in Maryland is incomplete; at least they do show the Jersey Turnpike widening as having been completed), even more outdated "Bird's Eye" satellite images.

On the plus side, they got rid of the embarrassing "Branch" and "Boulevard" banners they used to display on "Business Routes" and "Business Loops," but that's not much of an accomplishment.

There is an "Exit" button at the lower right corner that lets you return to old Bing Maps more easily than Google Maps allowed back when they still had that capability. It asks you what you didn't like, so I gave them an abridged version of the above–it limits the space you have to comment, although it doesn't TELL you there's a limit and instead it simply stops accepting text.

[intelati49]

I was irked by Google Maps being slow this afternoon, so I tried Bing Maps because their site has been consistently fast. I noted they had a link on the left side suggesting you try the "new" Bing Maps. Out of curiosity, I clicked on it. Worst of all worlds: Similar interface to new Google Maps, slower than the old Bing Maps, outdated map data (multiple missing ramps along I-95 in Northern Virginia–the HO/T lanes have been open for almost eight months now, so the ramps should be there; the ICC in Maryland is incomplete; at least they do show the Jersey Turnpike widening as having been completed), even more outdated "Bird's Eye" satellite images.

On the plus side, they got rid of the embarrassing "Branch" and "Boulevard" banners they used to display on "Business Routes" and "Business Loops," but that's not much of an accomplishment.

There is an "Exit" button at the lower right corner that lets you return to old Bing Maps more easily than Google Maps allowed back when they still had that capability. It asks you what you didn't like, so I gave them an abridged version of the above–it limits the space you have to comment, although it doesn't TELL you there's a limit and instead it simply stops accepting text.

Well, shit...

[Rothman]

No ability to print off turn-by-turn maps...ugggggggggggggggh.   

[D-Dey65]

Not Google's problem. For any transit that has scheduling information, all of that data including exact station locations comes directly from the transit agency. MTA's own data files have the location listed as 40.905424,-73.854665, which is exactly where the marker is on Google (and Bing, and Mapquest). You'll have to get MTA to fix it. MTA has a Google Group at https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/mtadeveloperresources for discussion of their data, so you might consider posting there and asking them to review and correct the location.

Well, somebody must've fixed it, because the logo is where it belongs now.

[Zeffy]

It's kind of an error, but it's also kind of funny if you remove the hyphen from what is displayed:

https://www.google.com/maps/@37.2330692,-89.6272679,15.04z

Otherwise, it should be just AB, since the other county roads in Missouri are displayed with just their letters.

[noelbotevera]

I'm starting to drift away from Google a bit and try here drive+. Not half bad, except when you zoom out, it doesn't auto focus when you want to back on the arrow (your phone).

[roadman65]

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Marshalls+Creek,+PA+18301/@41.041765,-75.128848,3a,66.8y,-290.3h,95.19t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sRPaWDSnr_55au28FFX_P0w!2e0!4m2!3m1!1s0x89c485c32088702f:0xb4e113a711e2cdfa

Is that signal head really slanted, or is it an illusion created by improper pasting of the photos like many cut out some things or a misaligned pasting of two photos.

[SignGeek101]

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Marshalls+Creek,+PA+18301/@41.041765,-75.128848,3a,66.8y,-290.3h,95.19t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sRPaWDSnr_55au28FFX_P0w!2e0!4m2!3m1!1s0x89c485c32088702f:0xb4e113a711e2cdfa

Is that signal head really slanted, or is it an illusion created by improper pasting of the photos like many cut out some things or a misaligned pasting of two photos.

The signal head is slanted. If you move to another location, the slant stays.

[stormwatch7721]

The street view feature is taken off on Lite Mode.

[1995hoo]

The street view feature is taken off on Lite Mode.

It worked for me. You just have to drag the man to a location instead of clicking.

[stormwatch7721]

The pegman is not there anymore in lite mode.

[1995hoo]

The pegman is not there anymore in lite mode.

I'm not sure what I set it to, then. I thought it was Lite Mode. The pegman icon was there but I had to drag it to a location, like the way it used to work. But my PC isn't on right now and I don't see much point in firing it up at this time of night just to find out how I had it set.

[D-Dey65]

Ugh, more bad news. Google Maps won't show subway lines anymore, at least in New York City. I haven't checked other systems yet.

 

[Bruce]

Ugh, more bad news. Google Maps won't show subway lines anymore, at least in New York City. I haven't checked other systems yet.

It's still there for me when transit mode is on or when clicking on a station icon (along with other systems, such as those in Seattle, Chicago, LA, DC, SF, Portland).



Also, Portland's new Orange Line (opening this month) is now included on Google Maps. Same goes for the tunnels for Seattle's University Link Extension (opening in 2016).

[freebrickproductions]

I still have Pegman in Lite mode.

[Sykotyk]

As much as I disliked old Bing Maps, I use them now unless I'm looking for street view. On my phone, for directions, I use mapquest's app.

In general, Google Maps feels like a kids toy, designed entirely to take the 'thought process' out of the users hands and assumes for you what you want.

[1995hoo]

The pegman is not there anymore in lite mode.

I'm not sure what I set it to, then. I thought it was Lite Mode. The pegman icon was there but I had to drag it to a location, like the way it used to work. But my PC isn't on right now and I don't see much point in firing it up at this time of night just to find out how I had it set.

I'm at my PC now and it shows I have Google Maps set to Lite Mode, but the pegman icon is indeed there all the way in the lower right corner of the screen. As I said above, you have to drag it to a location.

[noelbotevera]

The pegman is not there anymore in lite mode.

I'm not sure what I set it to, then. I thought it was Lite Mode. The pegman icon was there but I had to drag it to a location, like the way it used to work. But my PC isn't on right now and I don't see much point in firing it up at this time of night just to find out how I had it set.

I'm at my PC now and it shows I have Google Maps set to Lite Mode, but the pegman icon is indeed there all the way in the lower right corner of the screen. As I said above, you have to drag it to a location.

They could use "Pegman Mode" as I call t. Click Pegman (and relocate him on the bottom of the screen), and it turns roads blue (and Pegman's location disappears), then click the road you want, and you instantly go into Street View.

[stormwatch7721]

The pegman is back on Street View lite mode.

[D-Dey65]

Ugh, more bad news. Google Maps won't show subway lines anymore, at least in New York City. I haven't checked other systems yet.

It's still there for me when transit mode is on or when clicking on a station icon (along with other systems, such as those in Seattle, Chicago, LA, DC, SF, Portland).

I found the transit mode and clicked on that. Clicking on a station icon simply wasn't enough.