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Just last week Google maps directed we take a turn going down the wrong way of a one way street that was already clearly marked as one-way on the map- yeah, I'm not too worried about even Google's dominance in this area.

Also, Apple maps in my area has been quietly, but steadily improving. Still not as many POIs as Google, but nicer interface and turn-by-turn (IMO).

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Where did the one way street thing happen exactly? I find it very interesting that it can do that, it implies a disconnect between the rendered data and the data used for routing.

It could also be a simple routing bug. You cannot know.

It's also very frequently people being in 'walking' mode without realizing it

I'm surprised the accelerometer doesn't question its input when I appear to be doing 75mph on foot.

Waze

Get me a waze _lite_ and I’m sold. But not current waze.

Wade takes me from a to b in any country without effort and faster than any other.

Wade it is. Yes the chat function is largely useless the report incident function is cool!

> faster than any other

Are you sure? Someone just did an interesting analysis (admittedly, very small data space but a long-term test), found that Waze claims faster routes than they typically achieve.

Update: Ah, @dogecoinbase linked to it: https://arturrr.com/2018/02/19/navigation-apps/

I am here providing an anecdotal story.

Zurich Switzerland -> Austrian Alps

Heavy traffic, incidents along the road, gridlock ...> Waze got us there FASTEST.

"ATTENTION" "WAZE HAS JUST FOUND A FASTER ROUTE".

Competed against iPhone & Google Maps.

Same way return drive. ... So two data points I guess.

Austrian Alps -> Zurich

Plus ... I use it daily... So three data points then.

It's entirely possible you're right, but I don't see how on any individual trip you can assert any solution achieved the best time, unless you have 3 different drivers to take each proposed route (and even then, there's enough variability to make it suspect unless you do it over a long enough period of time).

Waze: https://arturrr.com/2018/02/19/navigation-apps/

I've experienced something interesting a few times in high-traffic situations (closed highways/etc) where byways produce time estimates which are instantly implausible as many people attempt to take them. It's interesting to think of methods Waze could use to predict optimal paths while accounting for its own effect on traffic.

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