Google Maps just fucking SUCKS now

[TBKS1]

Another one that I also just discovered, although this kinda makes sense since I believe Disney World's address is located in Bay Lake.

[pderocco]

I wouldn't hold my breath, though. Google Maps isn't transparent about anything.

If Google Maps were transparent, would I be able to see straight through the monitor?

You'd be able to see through the window containing Google Maps and see whatever was on the windows or desktop underneath. Which makes me wonder why we call them windows when you normally can't see through them.

[Scott5114]

Which makes me wonder why we call them windows when you normally can't see through them.

Originally, they couldn't overlap, so if you had multiple programs open, they'd form a grid like panes of a window.

[freebrickproductions]

Which makes me wonder why we call them windows when you normally can't see through them.

Originally, they couldn't overlap, so if you had multiple programs open, they'd form a grid like panes of a window.

IIRC, that was also at least partially because Apple had some kind of patent or copyright over the ability for multiple program "windows" to overlap on a screen, and when Microsoft added that feature in Windows 2.0 they wound-up being sued by Apple for infringement as a result (said lawsuit got ruled in favor of Microsoft though).

[Scott5114]

Which makes me wonder why we call them windows when you normally can't see through them.

Originally, they couldn't overlap, so if you had multiple programs open, they'd form a grid like panes of a window.

IIRC, that was also at least partially because Apple had some kind of patent or copyright over the ability for multiple program "windows" to overlap on a screen, and when Microsoft added that feature in Windows 2.0 they wound-up being sued by Apple for infringement as a result (said lawsuit got ruled in favor of Microsoft though).

Tiling window managers date back to Xerox PARC in 1981.

[Molandfreak]

Another one that I also just discovered, although this kinda makes sense since I believe Disney World's address is located in Bay Lake.

That's pretty trivial information. Disney World and the associated attractions are the better-known names in this case, not the cities with double-digit populations they're located in. Nobody talks about going to Bay Lake in the same manner as folks talk about going to Wisconsin Dells.

[TheCatalyst31]

Looks like Chicago has suffixed interstates now.

[Molandfreak]

Well that's interesting, the National Mall is apparently more significant than the city it's located in.

[pderocco]

Looks like Chicago has suffixed interstates now.

It looks like E refers to the express lanes, if you zoom in more closely. Since there are a lot of E routes that imply "east", perhaps they should have used X instead.

[TBKS1]

This is the most bizarre glitch I've ever had on Google Maps, it's amazing.

[freebrickproductions]

This is the most bizarre glitch I've ever had on Google Maps, it's amazing.

Did the DOJ get their hands on Google Maps recently?

[bugo]

Is it just me, or are the recent Street View images lower in quality than they were 2-3 years ago?

[Molandfreak]

Is it just me, or are the recent Street View images lower in quality than they were 2-3 years ago?

Are you looking at user-submitted or official Google imagery?

[bugo]

Are you looking at user-submitted or official Google imagery?

Official Google imagery. Imagery from the mid-10s to about 2023 were of fine quality, but some imagery from 2024 and 2025 are crappy. The images are darker and less vibrant than the pre-2023 images.

[thenetwork]

This is the most bizarre glitch I've ever had on Google Maps, it's amazing.

Did the DOJ get their hands on Google Maps recently?

But if you play that in a player piano, you've got one hell of a tune!!

[Scott5114]

Are you looking at user-submitted or official Google imagery?

Official Google imagery. Imagery from the mid-10s to about 2023 were of fine quality, but some imagery from 2024 and 2025 are crappy. The images are darker and less vibrant than the pre-2023 images.

I wish they were darker around here—practically every Las Vegas GSV image is overexposed.

[kphoger]

Jct O Hwy & AT Hwy, Franklin County, MO:  Was it really necessary to have separate trailblazers for west and east here?

Sorry if this has already been brought up in the thread, but what's up with some highways now being labeled by their USBR number?

This is not a real address:



And elsewhere:

[vdeane]

^ In New York we have quite a few labeled "Empire State Trail".  Need to find whatever name the street actually has?  Better hope there's street view; I don't recall if the real street names are even searchable in those instances.

[wanderer2575]

Which makes me wonder why we call them windows when you normally can't see through them.

FoxTrot comic strip:

Jason:  "Dad, duh!  You bought the Windows version!"
Roger:  "So?"
Jason:  "So we don't have Windows!"
Roger:  (points to a wall)  "Are you nuts?  There's a window right there!"

[Scott5114]

Has anyone noticed Google Maps being slow as fucking molasses the past couple weeks?

[Rothman]

Has anyone noticed Google Maps being slow as fucking molasses the past couple weeks?

Sometimes.

[vdeane]

Has anyone noticed Google Maps being slow as fucking molasses the past couple weeks?

Define slow.  I've noticed at work that data download will often freeze, but that's across all Google products, not just Maps.  At home I've noticed that performance will often degrade over time and I'll be forced to reload before it crashes and/or when it starts affecting performance across my computer, but that's not a pervasive condition.  And I've been experiencing both for longer than two weeks.

[Thing 342]

Is it just me, or are the recent Street View images lower in quality than they were 2-3 years ago?

For the past couple of years Google Maps has been showing garbage-quality third-party imagery by default even when there's newer or better-quality first-party imagery available. I have no idea why they do this except as part of some weird advertising scheme.

[Rothman]

Has anyone noticed Google Maps being slow as fucking molasses the past couple weeks?

Define slow.  I've noticed at work that data download will often freeze, but that's across all Google products, not just Maps.  At home I've noticed that performance will often degrade over time and I'll be forced to reload before it crashes and/or when it starts affecting performance across my computer, but that's not a pervasive condition.  And I've been experiencing both for longer than two weeks.

I've had a correlation between using Google Maps and my ethernet connection going kaput.  It's quite weird.

[LilianaUwU]

Has anyone noticed Google Maps being slow as fucking molasses the past couple weeks?

That's what happens when their servers do so many AI tasks.

Also, why the fuck can't I disable white infoboxes popping up everytime I hover over any town or business? If I wanted to see an infobox, I'd click on the text.