Re: Google map directions

Charles wrote:
> Something for Mike to mess around with and to try out...  But...
> Google maps give me different directions coming and going.  And not
> different by a few blocks - different by big distances.  I'll have to
> do more research myself to figure out why it is selecting the routes
> it does.  Hmm.  No, I mean, I'll try to figure out if there is a
> time/distance difference in the routes.  Still, it's weird, trust me.

Maps:  Google gets some things surprisingly correct/accurate to a very
very fine granularity;  and google gets some things wrong sorta grossly.

It is very worthwhile to see which way google sez to do something -- and
it is very wise to doublecheck things some other way.

Quite similar to the wikipedia in that regard -- and the internet in
general.

-- 
Mike Easter
kibitzer, not SC admin

Something for Mike to mess around with and to try out...  But...  Google 
maps give me different directions coming and going.  And not different by a 
few blocks - different by big distances.  I'll have to do more research 
myself to figure out why it is selecting the routes it does.  Hmm.  No, I 
mean, I'll try to figure out if there is a time/distance difference in the 

"Indigo" <nobody@spamcop.net> wrote in message 
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> Could be the same reason that my car's nav system sometimes steers me in 
> really stupid directions to get me to my destination. For instance, the 
> trip from my house to my Dad's house in PA can be shortened by more than 5

> minutes by getting off I-83N short of the I83-Rt 30 intersection and 
> taking a small side street directly to Rt 30. The road shows up on the 
> map, but non of the 4 diferent mapping modes ever picks that side street 
> as an option. Must be something in the algorithms that makes it ignore 
> certain roads. There are other places I go to that have the same problem, 
> the nav system doesn't recognize or "see" shortcuts for some
reason.

Maybe that's why we don't often read about trucks or larger sedans wedged 
between garden walls in some neighbourhood on this continent?

Over in the UK Lorries wedged like that, or trapped in small village centers 
are becoming a major irritant. Invariably the driver was following the GPS 
suggested routing.

Lorry=Truck ;)

"Charles" <to5bwy502@sneakemail.com> wrote in message 
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> Something for Mike to mess around with and to try out...  But...  Google
> maps give me different directions coming and going.  And not different by 
> a
> few blocks - different by big distances.  I'll have to do more research
> myself to figure out why it is selecting the routes it does.  Hmm.  No, I
> mean, I'll try to figure out if there is a time/distance difference in the
> routes.  Still, it's weird, trust me.

Could be the same reason that my car's nav system sometimes steers me in 
really stupid directions to get me to my destination. For instance, the trip 
from my house to my Dad's house in PA can be shortened by more than 5 
minutes by getting off I-83N short of the I83-Rt 30 intersection and taking 
a small side street directly to Rt 30. The road shows up on the map, but non 
of the 4 diferent mapping modes ever picks that side street as an option. 
Must be something in the algorithms that makes it ignore certain roads. 
There are other places I go to that have the same problem, the nav system 
doesn't recognize or "see" shortcuts for some reason. 

"Bar0" <nobody@spamcop.net> wrote in message 
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>
> Lorry=Truck ;)
>
I know. Fueled with petrol ;-)