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1. rsynnott · 1786042389 · focus · HN ↗

   Adding “running” to the list of things that Google engineers apparently don’t do.

   Where it joins “walking”. Google Maps will suggest almost arbitrarily bonkers public transport directions to avoid walking. Personal favourite: the sensible way to get from my house to work, unless the weather is terrible, is six minutes on a train and a 15 min walk. Google Maps would, generally, prefer that I spend 15 mins on the train going mostly the wrong direction and 15 minutes on a tram, then a five minute walk. It will also contemplate a ten minute walk, ten minutes walking being within the threshold Google deems physically possible, plus an arbitrary amount of time on a rather slow bus. Apple Maps and Transit are better at this.

   1. marssaxman · 1786044230 · focus · HN ↗

      That completely tracks coming from people who work in a place laid out like this:

      <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;maps.app.goo.gl&#x2F;JHQPdvSStnr6jfm77" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;maps.app.goo.gl&#x2F;JHQPdvSStnr6jfm77

      1. rsynnott · 1786048783 · focus · HN ↗

         They have big offices in San Francisco, and also in New York, Dublin, Zurich, London, and various other cities where this stuff matters, though, these days. You&#x27;d think it would&#x27;ve gotten fixed at some point.

         1. inigyou · 1786060258 · focus · HN ↗

            Do they develop any products in any of those offices?

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