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Yeah its brutal....However for a lot of my travel planning, I use rome2rio.com
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Originally Posted by WWGuy
(Post 24888149)
Originally Posted by cblaisd
(Post 24888248)
Excellent. Thank you.
For the moment, this one http://maps.google.com/maps/myplaces still works |
Originally Posted by cblaisd
(Post 24915216)
Sigh. Link now takes you to the crappy "improved" maps.
For the moment, this one http://maps.google.com/maps/myplaces still works |
Originally Posted by cblaisd
(Post 24915216)
But this one: https://www.google.com/maps/mms and this one https://www.google.com/maps/mmtypeanythinghere and this one http://www.google.com/maps/mmbringbackclassic are still working. Someone has created an attempt to replicate Classic Google Maps here: http://gokml.net/maps It's clunkier but has the same map interface and allows dragging of routes. |
Originally Posted by cblaisd
(Post 24960026)
And it's dead, Jim.
But this one: https://www.google.com/maps/mms and this one https://www.google.com/maps/mmtypeanythinghere and this one http://www.google.com/maps/mmbringbackclassic are still working. The Bring Back Google Maps Campaign page still has some resources: Working Classic Maps URLs You can still access Classic Maps at www.google.com/mapmaker. You can’t currently make edits to it, which is what it was designed for, but you can get the basic Maps functionality. You do need to click the Edit link at the top to access the Directions feature (right-clicking isn’t working for me) and the split-screen has the map at the top and the street view at the bottom, but it’s still a lot closer to Classic Maps than the new ones. Also thanks to reader John for sharing a whole slew of URLs that incorporate Classic Maps! www.theaa.com/route-planner/index.jsp shipspotting.com/ais/index.php http://www.sunearthtools.com/dp/tool...th.php?lang=en www.heywhatsthat.com/ www.westernhvdclink.co.uk/map-of-route.aspx He also has this great recommendation: “Also try other websites which may include a map. e.g. Weather, Earthquakes, Fire-Risk, Traffic, Skiing, Surfing, Gliding, Shipping, Air Traffic, Internet Cable Routes & Traffic, National Parks, Tourism.” |
iOS update of Google Maps brings back the ability to open custom My Maps that you create.
Finally! After like 3 years. |
Google Maps -- I Mostly Like it Fine. It could handle French better though.
I don't really hate the not-so-new-anymore updated Google Maps (for Android, if it matters). I've pretty much forgotten whatever features the old version offered that still aren't available in the new one.
However, I did find it amusing a couple of weeks ago when the only way I could find to make Maps read navigation directions comprehensibly in Quebec was to switch the whole phone's language to French. I'm pretty sure Maps used to let me choose its language independently. Hearing the English-US voice mangle French names was amusing, but I had a lot of trouble decoding the words. I speak French, so it was kind of cool to have the phone in a different language for a while, leaving traces in my emails, Facebook, Evernote, etc. But it will be an entirely different story when I travel somewhere where I don't know the language. |
One advantage iOS Maps purportedly has is its granular routing from transit station exits. And it does - but only for a limited set of city transport systems. But the same exits with identifiers are already in Google Maps, so the usual workaround to drop pins on them to start routes still works almost as well. I wish Google's devs would streamline things so we don't have to do the extra step or two...
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It's an unfortunate problem in technology. These high paid programmers have to do something and unfortunately, few people have caught on to the it's not broken don't fix it idea.
Either it was bad to start with so hold who built it accountable or leave it alone. |
Originally Posted by ou81two
(Post 25472548)
It's an unfortunate problem in technology. These high paid programmers have to do something and unfortunately, few people have caught on to the it's not broken don't fix it idea.
Either it was bad to start with so hold who built it accountable or leave it alone. |
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