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OK, let me get this correct. The idea is to make the map not show places you have not been, the map that one uses to tell you how to get to places you have not yet been?
Am I missing something here, do people use google maps to go to place they have been already? Why?
some people are dogshit with directions, or it's a place they went once.
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traffic conditions
That has also kinda confused me, but might be my area. Does the traffic conditions change your route? does it stop you from going?
Like the other guy said. I also have 3 viable routes to work so I change depending on traffic and some of those routes have their own variations.
I live close to a ring motorway so I can get on to work and drive east or west and there is a two mile difference over 40 miles. Or I can take the road route and save a lot of stop start on the motorway and takes a little longer but is less miles.
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There are like 3 different routes that make sense for me to get home from work, depending on where there's traffic
Ah, here the map data is never that quick. Its tells me there is traffic in an area normally like 2 hours after it is relevant.
Wow that’s crazy. In the UK Apple Maps and probably others will offer to re-route me mid trip if it finds a faster route. Plus is insanely accurate if I leave home at 06:45 for a 39 mile trip it will say arrive 07:56 and sure enough I’m usually within a few mins.
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like i need to tell google more about me
Doesn’t need to be made by Google. It could be self hosted. Be the change you want to see in the world 😉
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I stumbled upon someone online who was making just that. Then they dropped it. Don't remember who it was, but I looked for them from time to time on Nitter (prolly had on browser bookmarks)
I would absolutely love that. Fuck fast travel, let me explore!
same,
would be nice to see where you have exploded,
wonder if google has an API to get that info from your location history and make a web app that shows you how much you've explored
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Yes Alex, can I buy a pixel?
You should have to fill it in by climbing a big tower
Alain Robert way ahead of us all on that one!
I'm in, can I do this now? I'm very far from home at the moment
Had that (for OpenStreetMap) on my long list of project ideas, including quests you could take to some random monuments. Maybe one day.
Combine that with Street Complete and you have a game
There is an app of fdroid and google play called street complete. Its basically quests to fill in local missing data on openstreet map
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Only if I get achievements for uncovering large segments of my map, probably by neighborhood.
This is the most basic-ass tourist hotspot map of NYC…and they didn’t even go a few blocks up to hit Central Park? The fuck
... and/or aren't planning to go. I would love to get through Bloomington, IN without seeing the location of every Liquor store dotting my navigation screen. Can't be personalized, as I basically never visit Liquor stores.
Can’t be personalized, as I basically never visit Liquor stores.
Either that, your you visit liquor stores so much your don't remember visiting liquor stores! :D