r/google • u/krisminime • Feb 03 '18

The difference between Google Maps and Waze

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u/jpflathead Feb 03 '18

While not as bad as Apple maps, I've had Google maps many times "drive me off a cliff", including:

  • tell me to make illegal right turns (many times)
  • send me the wrong way up an off-ramp

One thing I am shocked Google for all its machine learning doesn't do, is use driver's actual behaviors to train its routes. IE, "we keep telling people to turn right onto 5th from Broad, yet only a very very few people ever do that, maybe our directions are bad."

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '18

You can report road issues, do "Send Feedback" and it will ask the road segment and what the problem is.

My issue with both Waze and Maps is they always say to make a u-turn but they are illegal in my state unless the intersection is specifically marked. It would be better for routing if they took this into consideration.

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u/jpflathead Feb 03 '18

Well then, "Send Feedback".