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Matthew@matthew
11/26/2022

google maps needs a “take the scenic route” option

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Chaotic Neutral@jayce
11/26/2022

That’d be an April Fools topic that users would be bummed to learn is a joke. They’d lean into being three hours late for things being the joke. But I’m with you, I want this.

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Matthew@matthew
11/26/2022

just going to keep taking wrong turns until it stops recommending the 405 hellscape

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Matthew@matthew
11/27/2022

half of the benefit would be realized by just avoiding highways

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minh.eth@minh
11/27/2022

I’m more desperately in need of it to tell me where all the parking spots are.

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Raikan10@raikan
11/27/2022

I’d also like to optimise for time over distance. Sometimes it’s better to take a longer route to avoid hitting traffic signals. Probably already exists in major cities?

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pace@pace
11/27/2022

i love this!

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Pung Worathiti (pungme.eth) @pungme
11/27/2022

They first need to suggest the route where it will save me 1 min but I have to do 5 more turns in the middle of nowhere 😅

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Jordan Moore@jordanmoore
11/27/2022

they should plot the routes along areas with heavy amounts of geotagged photos

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popp@popp
11/27/2022

i remember caravaning behind a friend in w mass as he deviated from waze and thinking how valuable the knowledge of his “most pleasant” route was to me. his curation was care. our tech so often flattens these dimensions to scalars that silently rob us of more meaning. fastest route, yelp stars, roi…

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CaliStar@cali
11/28/2022

And a “non-deathtrap” route option