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anal_reactor • today at 1:47 AM • 0 replies • view on HN

Yes, Google Maps is becoming so frustrating:

1. Navigation makes pointless detours.

2. The "rotate the map back to north-up" button doesn't work.

3. "You're looking at Barcelona and asked for restaurants? I know a few, in Tokyo"

4. Half of navigation window is useless UI elements I cannot hide.

I've been trying mapy.cz for a while because they were fantastic for tourism purposes, but they're locking more and more features behind a paywall and I'm not sure I want to pay for that. The killer features of Google Maps are the POIs, reviews, photos, Street View, and public transport planning. I cannot really switch to another map app without having those.