558

Google says it will change Gulf of Mexico to 'Gulf of America' in Maps after government updates(www.cnbc.com)

posted
by
Avatar
return2ozma@lemmy.world
in
Avatar
technology@lemmy.world
260 comments
hidereport
Sort:
HotTopControversialNewOld
You are viewing a single thread.
View all comments View context
Avatar
JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl
6 points
*

Except when it is frustrating and continually tries to send you through tiny “technically paved” service roads so you know anyone unfamiliar to the area would risk car damage because there is no way to mark a road as “low priority” or “only use if you live on that road”.

Street complete is very awesome though! Especially for updating local businesses.

permalink
report
parent
reply
Avatar
goldfndr@lemmy.ml
1 point

Are you referring to smoothness=bad or a narrow width? (I’m guessing you’ve been using StreetComplete to specify each.)

permalink
report
parent
reply
Avatar
JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl
1 point

Holy shit, I never found smoothness in the OSM editor. Does that actually effect routing priority?

That might be a game changer for making my local area much better on OSM.

permalink
report
parent
reply
Avatar
wia@lemmy.ca
3 points

Does Google maps allow that? Does any map program?

permalink
report
parent
reply
Avatar
goldfndr@lemmy.ml
1 point

BRouter and other routing engines can use attributes like surface and smoothness (and probably width) to calculate routes.

permalink
report
parent
reply
Avatar
Juvyn00b@lemmy.world
1 point

That’s especially fun for those of us on motorcycles. I found a particularly horrible road to ride a sport touring bike on several years ago and would have loved this feature on osm.

permalink
report
parent
reply

Technology

!technology@lemmy.world

Create post

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.

Our Rules

  1. Follow the lemmy.world rules.
  2. Only tech related content.
  3. Be excellent to each other!
  4. Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
  5. Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
  6. Politics threads may be removed.
  7. No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
  8. Only approved bots from the list below, to ask if your bot can be added please contact us.
  9. Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed
  10. Accounts 7 days and younger will have their posts automatically removed.

Approved Bots

Community stats

  • 16K

    Monthly active users

  • 13K

    Posts

  • 591K

    Comments

Community moderators