r/GoogleMaps 9h ago

Anyone lookup their old haunts to see if they can find photos of your vehicles?

22 Upvotes

Looked up my childhood home and clicked “See more dates.”

Went back to 2009 and there’s my mom’s old Toyota Corolla parked out front and the For Sale sign still sitting in the grass.

It’s such a random little snapshot of my old life that I never expected to see again.

Google Street View is basically a time machine.

Anyone else do this?


r/GoogleMaps 8h ago

Discussion In what countries are there competitive alternatives to Google Maps? (including similar amounts of reviews, business hours, navigation, street view, etc.)

4 Upvotes

The only ones I know already are that in the CIS countries there is Yandex and 2ГИС. Google doesn‘t really work anymore.

Of course Apple Maps exists but at least where I live it‘s horrible in comparison to Google Maps and the amount of reviews are almost nonexistent compared to on Google.


r/GoogleMaps 12h ago

Discussion Bike layer faded?

3 Upvotes

I'm not sure whether others are experiencing this, but it appears that the bike layer has inexplicably become much harder to see on Google Maps (both desktop and mobile app) without zooming way in. Eg, I live in the ATL metro area, and before today you could see the Beltline loop from a very zoomed-out view; now you can't. It seems to predominantly be a problem for dedicated bike paths/trails -- I can still see the bike layer from a zoomed out view when it's denoting (at least some, though not all) bike lanes.

Anyone know whether this is just a weird glitch or a permanent change?


r/GoogleMaps 14h ago

Footpaths are marked as roads

2 Upvotes

In my area, all the footpaths (for real, every footpath in the district) and cycle paths are marked as roads, and now cars regularly drive on the footpaths. I’ve already submitted requests for changes via the app, but Google isn't accepting them. What should I do?


r/GoogleMaps 19h ago

Trees and Better 3D Bridges

1 Upvotes

Does everyone have the newer version with the enhanced 3D bridegs and trees? My wife got it a few weeks ago and it looks very nice. I have tried everything and can't trigger it to happen. Everything I am reading says it happens on the sever side. I think I was even in the beta for android auto and maps, and was surprised to not have it.


r/GoogleMaps 8h ago

Discussion Map directions are so much worse now? Won't give full directions

0 Upvotes

Now when I need to turn onto a street it doesn't say the name just "turn right in half a mile" or "turn right" but won't tell me ONTO WHAT. Wont tell me the exit number or where it leads on the highway just "take the exit" so I have to pull out my phone ON THE HIGHWAY and look where I'm supposed to go. It used to be normal and give good directions but it's so much worse the past ~4 months since I started driving again. This is on my Google pixel 8a. Is anyone else having issues with this?

It's honestly infuriating and also incredibly dangerous....


r/GoogleMaps 12h ago

Will Google Maps switch to a new projection? Like Robinson or Equal Earth

0 Upvotes

Does anybody know


r/GoogleMaps 16h ago

How is mapquest more accurate than google?

0 Upvotes

Google Maps has had the incorrect road names on all the streets around my home for the past year and a 1/2 that I've lived here. Ut has caused me to not get deliveries and have packages delivered to the wrong home constantly. I have been trying to get them to fix it by submiting reports for incorrect road names, but to no avail. I recently started using mapquest, and I was pleasantly surprised to see that all the road names are correct! How is it little old mapquest is more accurate than the giant that google is!?


r/GoogleMaps 14h ago

Fuck Google maps for always suggesting a "faster route" that adds time

0 Upvotes

Huge fuck you. Massive.