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OnlyFlannyFlanFlans t1_j5ipp3d wrote

Waze is way better at warning you about speed traps. Google does this weird thing where they'll show you a speed trap but not announce it. Worried that the merge will make this feature less functional.

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skelectrician t1_j5jvwjb wrote

You know Google's gonna totally fuck it up, then make it perfect, then abandon the entire project.

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Formergr t1_j5k0d35 wrote

"Google Maps is now Google Cartography! You'll get all the features you loved in Google Maps in one handy location!"

6 months later...

"Google Cartography is no longer being supported with updates."

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Clodhoppa81 t1_j5jy0sy wrote

If they can just stop Waze from eating the battery that would be something.

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fleurgirl123 t1_j5k0qi4 wrote

This! Did they ever fix this? I had to switch away.

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soonerfreak t1_j5k4e18 wrote

No, on a 90 minute drive from Philly to Baltimore it ate almost 60% of my battery.

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tylerderped t1_j5k989x wrote

You don’t plug your phone in while driving?…

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soonerfreak t1_j5k9ozv wrote

I had emptied my car and forgot to put my cable back in the car this trip. Still I don't think anything short of watching videos should eat up my battery this quickly.

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TheMastahC t1_j5jy205 wrote

I was driving last Thursday night with Google Maps and got an alert with a voice that said "speed trap ahead".

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SleepyEel t1_j5k5yiw wrote

Yeah I've gotten the audio speed trap announcements for* years

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sovamind OP t1_j5nau2z wrote

Cool. If you had Waze running you'd have seen all the cops, potholes, fog, and stopped cars that Google didn't report. The reporting of police on the other side of the road is very helpful and totally missing on Google Maps.

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holy_plaster_batman t1_j5jyx4y wrote

I've been getting speed trap alerts from Google maps for a while, but it's always when I'm right there so it's pretty pointless

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Marokiii t1_j5mrm2m wrote

I hate how I have to have route guidance going to report a speed trap. If you aren't getting directions then you can't report anything.

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sovamind OP t1_j5nay5c wrote

This. Waze let's you get alerts and report them without nav running. In fact, I never have navigation running in Waze.

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