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If I'm navigating to an address I would put it in the search box... Who in their right mind would decide to hunt around the map to find a specific address? Pike Place Market was one of the few things highlighted on the screenshot I posted so that seems like a strange example.

Obviously we use the product differently, but I'm not using Google Maps to study for The Knowledge exam. I am looking for POIs which is what Google emphasizes, streets are just part of getting there (and are then emphasized when you're in navigation mode).



Who in their right mind would decide to hunt around the map to find a specific address?

Anyone who's been given a wrong location or directions by Google Maps. Repeatedly.

Like when Google Maps tells me repeatedly to drive my car through the lobby of a hotel to get from Point A to Point B.

There's plenty of examples of Google Maps screwing up royally and people needing to use Google Maps as an actual map. Just Goog... oh... right.




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