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Google Map Question
So is Google Map Classic no longer available? It seems like that option is not there.
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it may depend on your browser. i was using Firefox and hadn't updated it in quite a while. then one day google maps only allowed "google maps lite". which i didn't like for all kinds of reasons.
i eventually went to a new browser (sympathic groans please!) and now use the new integration of google maps and google earth.
i eventually went to a new browser (sympathic groans please!) and now use the new integration of google maps and google earth.
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At least, for now, the Old Google Maps still works with that link.
My Google Classic link no longer worked after May 1.
I think the newer Google Maps is garbage.
I also think that since so many applications embed the older Google Maps -
That they are going to have to support it for some time - i.e. years.
The challenge will be how to access it.
At least, for now, the Old Google Maps still works with that link.
My Google Classic link no longer worked after May 1.
I think the newer Google Maps is garbage.
I also think that since so many applications embed the older Google Maps -
That they are going to have to support it for some time - i.e. years.
The challenge will be how to access it.
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I agree. There are features that are just not as useful for route planning as had been the case. The opacity of the route line is the biggest problem for me with their new map. I sent them a comment with a picture illustrating the difference. Can't see what part of the route involves bike paths with the new version. It was much easier to see that with the old one.
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I use Firefox browser in Win 8.1. I've had to frequently revert from Current to Classic, so that I could access the topographic map (Terrain). I see I can longer switch from "New" GM, the link to Classic GM map has disappeared. Google Earth overlay is not really helpful to bicyclists IMO.
Thanks for the link Spinnaker - I have bookmarked it.
Thanks for the link Spinnaker - I have bookmarked it.
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Glad I'm not the only one experiencing less usefulness out of the new Google maps. I thought it was just me having problems learning it and my crappy computers at home and work. The loss of the topo feature really makes it a lot less useful for me now.
Appreciate the working link to the classic version, unfortunately it sports the same message at the top about it going away soon that the old link to the classic version had. Hopefully they will hold off until they restore some functionality to the new Google maps... :/
Glad I'm not the only one experiencing less usefulness out of the new Google maps. I thought it was just me having problems learning it and my crappy computers at home and work. The loss of the topo feature really makes it a lot less useful for me now.
Appreciate the working link to the classic version, unfortunately it sports the same message at the top about it going away soon that the old link to the classic version had. Hopefully they will hold off until they restore some functionality to the new Google maps... :/
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it's not just google maps. many websites are being redesigned, apparently
by fixie-riding hipsters, who are great at spiffy site design, but unfortunately
never use, or have no concept of, the service the site was originally designed
to provide.
look at the piece of carp that has become of weather underground. i'm sure
it looks snazzy on your iphone, but the poor format and lack of real detail
makes it pretty much useless.
sadly, my broker is going the same route. hired some groovy marketing
dudes who hired some interior designers to migrate the dataset to a new
platform....or some similar carpola.
and now? they've removed the popup stock/fund quote window. great!
now i've got to go to another broker to get a quote before i can buy/sell
through my present broker.
and google maps? too many popup window moving stuff on the screen
can't see the damn roads.....ah, screw it. i'll just buy a freakin' paper
map.
by fixie-riding hipsters, who are great at spiffy site design, but unfortunately
never use, or have no concept of, the service the site was originally designed
to provide.
look at the piece of carp that has become of weather underground. i'm sure
it looks snazzy on your iphone, but the poor format and lack of real detail
makes it pretty much useless.
sadly, my broker is going the same route. hired some groovy marketing
dudes who hired some interior designers to migrate the dataset to a new
platform....or some similar carpola.
and now? they've removed the popup stock/fund quote window. great!
now i've got to go to another broker to get a quote before i can buy/sell
through my present broker.
and google maps? too many popup window moving stuff on the screen
can't see the damn roads.....ah, screw it. i'll just buy a freakin' paper
map.
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I tend to use Google maps as an auxiliary to paper. My one time using it as my exclusive bike route tool involved two miles of streambed, and a whole day of horrible dirt farm roads before I
found a map at a gas station.
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Misery loves company and I'm glad I'm not the only one similarly fooled by Google maps. Once down by the Ohio River, Google showed this "road?" that turned out to be a farm lane of two dirt tire tracks with uncut grass growing in the middle. 2-3 miles of a whole lotta fun.
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This is the only picture I can find of that road, mostly because Flickr and Photobucket have been redesigned since I posted them and are no longer as accessible to me due to improvements to their sites!
[IMG]securedownload by maruishi, on Flickr[/IMG]
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Maybe it only works on some browsers, but I can see topography in the new google maps with the Terrain link near the search bar:
I use the earth overlay, or the satellite image in the old google maps, to distinguish paved and dirt roads.
I use the earth overlay, or the satellite image in the old google maps, to distinguish paved and dirt roads.
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i like the maps (both paper and google) that send you on this
"major highway" in laos!
"major highway" in laos!
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True, but a paper map does not generally have a "bike route" function that recommends the poor road. If I get on a rutted dirt road using a paper map, then that somehow feels different to me, more like an adventure, the success of which depends on my own wits and decision making.
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But Google Maps, despite all the good work they do, has some mysterious elements. Finding help info can be tough.
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Misery loves company and I'm glad I'm not the only one similarly fooled by Google maps. Once down by the Ohio River, Google showed this "road?" that turned out to be a farm lane of two dirt tire tracks with uncut grass growing in the middle. 2-3 miles of a whole lotta fun.
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Sounds good but Google doesn't give you a whole lot of street views of rarely used farm lanes. The other problem I often have and maybe someone can clue me in here is that it is often difficult to tell a gravel road vs. lighter chip and seal used in these parts when the image runs out of magnification or no street view is available.