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No they're not. I use it every single day, and it's actively getting worse.
I haven't noticed it getting worse what problems are you seeing?
I mentioned in another post, but pointlessly (AI?) segmenting the same straight road or highway so you think your next turn or exit is way sooner
Search: "Carl's Jr", wants me to turn around and drive for hours, rather than guiding me to the one 15 min away on my route
Connected to Android Auto select "Start" multiple times, nothing ever happens on phone or vehicle screen
GPS stops sensing at all for no reason, other apps still work
Doesn't know the names of places I added to Google maps, either in Labeled, Favorites, or Starred places
Forgets my custom maps that I refer to every day
Voice: "Report hazard on road" Response: "That feature haven't been implemented yet" Oh yeah? It works in Waze, which you bought years ago!
Some streets incorrect in navigation, despite being correct on the map... Obviously I'm not the only one who doesn't know how I would even report that, seeing how they've been wrong for years...
I'll let you know if I think of anything else...
That's one hell of a comprehensive list!
Not really, just some things that have undoubtedly gotten worse (in my opinion) and on my mind because they annoy me...
Maps also really wants access to my camera for some reason. When I'm driving it changes the blue dot to a bar that says the location is imprecise and you can tap to improve it. When you tap it asks for additional permissions (that wouldn't help with positioning at all) including camera access. If you ignore it the message goes away after a few seconds and the dot reappears.
It obviously shouldn't be asking you while you're driving, but Google Maps does use the camera to improve your location. It scans things like buildings and landmarks, and gets your position based on where you are in relation to them. It's surprisingly accurate.
This might work in famous places but I can't imagine pictures of endless crop fields where I live would help google with shit. And how exactly is GPS less accurate than pictures of buildings anyway? GPS works on your phone even without internet access, so I don't think google has our best interests at heart here.
I live in a small village in the UK, and it works here. GPS doesn't always get a great signal, so this supplements it.
I personally had only bad experiences with Google maps while traveling abroad. Like it cannot comprehend that im not in brazil anymore and dosen't know where i am. If I ask for restaurants or grocery recommendations close to me it just gave me global results, like why the fuck are you reccomend me restaurants in England and New York while im on Buenos Aires?