6 weeks...
I just finished a 16 month bike tour around the world a few weeks ago. Slightly longer than yours.
So yours is bigger. Big deal. I still have no problem with the map and don’t find it to be “disgusting”/
I referred to Google maps early in the tour, but after the theme change I stopped using it completely. I was in Japan when the theme change happened. Checkout what Tokyo looks like now under this new idiocy. You want to talk about an indistinguishable sh*t nest of nearly identical colours and thicknesses? Absolute unusable garbage clustered*ck.
Compare with before. Are you able to see the difference?
Not a lot of difference especially at such a large view. Yes, there are color changes but the major roads are still rather different on the map than the smaller roads. Your map view is also across 40 km (26 miles) and when on the ground at about a 1 to 2 km (or smaller) resolution, the major roads are certainly noticeable enough to avoid them. On the other hand if you are so confused by the map that you end up on a major road, that’s not the map’s problem.
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They look close enough that I wouldn’t be bothered by using either version. Frankly, the “new” version is a bit less confusing with less colors to cause confusion. I don’t stare at a map all day long and am more likely to follow my nose when things get down to the more human level on the ground. I’m not a slave to the map.