User Quotes
User Quotes
Last modified by Hal Eden on 2010/08/20 11:06
From: http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-feature-requests/browse_thread/thread/2e28376351be132a?pli=1
I know we can submit correction requests for roads, but I think it
would be nice if we could edit roads like we do addresses - click
Edit, and drag the road. Corrections could be shown in a different
color, with a balloon that says "John Doe thinks the road is in a
different place. It's marked in red. Google's data is in gray. Do
you know which one is right? John, Google, Neither, or Not sure?"
It would also be useful to be able to add comments when editing a
place or road, i.e. "Crab Shack's new location as of 5/20/08" or "Road
moved; construction scheduled to be complete in June of 2008".
How are edits verified - do other users rate them? Does Google staff
look at each one? I think that having users rate (and maybe comment
on) edits would reduce your workload - you could focus on features
rather than perfecting the data set.
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It would be awesome to have paved, off-road bike trails shown on the
maps. Right now the only way to see them is with the satellite view
on the highest zoom. If bike trails could show up on the map view in
a different color then the streets, that would be a huge help! Other
than that, I love your maps!
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For Google Maps, how about a feature that maps out more than one route
at a time? On the same map. Same starting place, different ending
places. Same starting and ending places, two routes. Same ending
place, two starting places, especially helpful for those of us who
don't work with our spouses.
I think this would be a super groovy feature. I can't think of a
reason to have more than two routes and I have no idea how difficult
adding a route/destination to an existing search would be to code.
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My suggestion is to include walking or biking directions which
includes time to walk between origin and destination. With the price
of gas these days, more and more people are walking and biking to
work, etc. It would be very helpful to be able to set walking routes
and have an idea of how long it will take.
I think the Google Maps integration in the iPhone is a godsend. The
ability to map an address entry in your iPhone (and regular OS X)
address book in one click is great! The only issue I've encountered is
that Google Maps can parse addresses that include "Apt. #" or "Suite
#" but cannot parse ones that specify "# Floor" (e.g. "3rd Floor").
This seems like an easy fix (correct me if I'm wrong) and would make
the search experience that much more seamless and awesome.
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Right now, I can't figure out is how to plan by bike or similar.
Clicking 'by car' or whatever gives me no possibility to switch to
bike. However, for my country there are a lot of roads that aren't
viable with cars, but are with a bike or by foot. When I wanted to
plan a trip based on some directions I got from a friend, I was unable
to use the built-in planning feature. I tried to make a route from my
starting point to my destination, and then drag it along to suit the
trip. However, it would completely refuse to take the small roads. As
an alternative, I plotted my own map and tried to follow the roads,
but that is rather timeconsuming and errorprone (and nowhere near as
pretty, either).
Likewise, how about some simple tools to properly interact with the
map? There's a scale for example, but I'd like to draw a quick line
and be able to measure the distance between two points without regard
to roads. Similarly, a way to disable various parts of the map would
be awesome because sometimes, you just get too much information for
your liking. I may not care about paths for pedestrians, or whether
there's a lake besides me. Maybe I only want to see the highways, and
not the urban parts. Same for names of places. Google Maps is pretty,
but seeing just a little bit less can mean so much more sometimes.
And now something particularly for routes.. when I plan my trips,
which are pretty large and in need of printing, it tends to suffer
from the above case of too-much-information. I tend to photoshop
everything out except for the crossroads on my path and their names,
giving me a clear idea of what streets and such I should be passing.
(Some are quite tiny and easy to miss, even if you're afoot, and I'm
no directional miracle myself.) If something of that stretch were
possible, it would be nice too… although it might be a bit too
specific for Google Maps to do.
