Google maps won't even give me the closest chain store when I search. Directions to the target 13miles away and not the one 1 mile away. That would need to be fixed in order to provide the closest charger for my ev. It's google so nothing will get fixed
If you’ve got an EV, Google Maps is about to become much more valuable | New updates address one of Americans’ top concerns about owning an electric car: finding a place to charge
Submitted 8 months ago by silence7@slrpnk.net to technology@lemmy.world
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tim-clark@kbin.social 8 months ago
onion@feddit.de 8 months ago
Obligatory have you tried OpenStreetMap?
joekar1990@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Or you get a sponsored store result in the first 5 no where near you.
reddig33@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I don’t understand why if need AI to find a charger on a map. It’s not like the charger has legs where it gets up and moves to a new location every other week.
silence7@slrpnk.net 8 months ago
The article says nothing about AI; just that it’s a feature being added to Google Maps.
reddig33@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Sorry. I assumed it was one of the other announcement articles I saw today mentioning AI.
chalupapocalypse@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Everyone with an EV is already using plugshare, but thanks I Guess
silence7@slrpnk.net 8 months ago
The value I’d that it shows people who aren’t using EVs yet what’s available
sudo42@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Wow. Another example of Google on the cutting edge. 🙄
the_third@feddit.de 8 months ago
That’s what ABetterRoutePlanner is for.
Kid_Thunder@kbin.social 8 months ago
How about adding speed limit without a destination, showing house/building numbers around you, traffic overlay without a destination, allow voice response to if reported hazards/speed traps/whatever is still there, better lane assistance, turn or which side the destination is on preview on the turn before so you know which lane to be in? Maybe a Recents list that doesn't seem like its just a shuffle of a few random locations you've been to maybe once in the last 6 months?
Maybe some of that has been added somewhat recently?
thebustinator@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Traffic overlay without a destination has existed for years…
iamjackflack@lemm.ee 8 months ago
On mobile apps? I just looked at a couple samplings of highways and there’s nothing. Is this on the web site specifically?
SmoothLiquidation@lemmy.world 8 months ago
How about if you have a destination, find me a rest area/restaurant/whatever that is on the route. Not just around somewhere.
astropenguin5@lemmy.world 8 months ago
You can pretty well? The search along route feature works pretty well, sure there are a few things a little out of the way but not much
chalupapocalypse@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Sure hasn’t! Would be nice to add speed traps and hazards from Android auto too
Kid_Thunder@kbin.social 8 months ago
Maybe they'll replace it with a few of the features of Waze but without ads, adds stuff that have been asked for by people for years and the Google Maps look, call it Google Ways and act like it's going to be continued to be developed as Google Maps 2.0. Then Google Maps goes away but Google Ways never gets updated with anymore features.
All the competitors on the market lose a large part of their customer base now.
Then one day Google Maps makes a reappearance to replace Google Ways. You can now select an icon to represent your car but otherwise, it has no Waze features and has less features than the original Google Maps but they promise they'll be porting those features over. They never do.
That's pretty much the kind of thing I expect from Google.
thefactremains@lemmy.world 8 months ago
How about audio alerts for hazards and speed traps ONLY!
Pretzilla@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Isn’t that already an option - alerts only?
What other alerts pop up? KFC ahead?
wesley@yall.theatl.social 8 months ago
I’m still waiting for offline bicycle, transit and WALKING directions. Why can’t it tell me which way to walk without internet but it can tell me how to drive a car??
londos@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Would also love to have just an ETA without directions. I usually don’t need them commuting or going about town, but I keep them up anyway to keep track of time. Would love just an ETA widget.
fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 months ago
They’d have to know where you’re going, and an eta only works if you follow the path it thinks you’re going to be taking. The best you can probably do is directions, but mute the alerts.