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There doesn't seem to be any reverse geocoding available. "Current location" puts me over 200 miles from where I am. You can't click anywhere on the map to get directions, you have to either click a location (already identified as such, with a name and icon) or type in an address. It's unclear that said locations are even clickable because the mouse icon doesn't change to a pointer. Directions are in miles only and I couldn't find an option to switch to metric; and they take a couple of seconds to be generated. No bike option. Many browsers aren't supported. (And of course no street view either).

It looks more alpha than beta.



Current Location has nothing to do with their implementation or reverse geocoding and the browser does the work.


Google Maps in incognito says my position couldn't be determined. Apple Maps seems certain I'm where I'm not. Looks like a bug to me.


I would sooner attribute the former to "didn't work at all" than "was smart enough to cross check and be confident enough to figure out the location data was inaccurate and hide the result from the user".




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