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Lets stay focused on Navigation within Google Maps, not some other Google products. When I am driving on freeway at 70 mph I am not interested on billions POIs. I want restaurants within 5 miles _along_my_route_. On the navigation screen like [1] what should I click to get this information?

Can I add a waypoint by clicking anywhere on the map? My car had these features 9 years ago.

Also look at the "lanes support" on the same screenshot. Compare it to [2]

[1] http://www.techfaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Maps.pn... [2] http://www.sportys.com/morepics/14164m.jpg




POI on google maps is terrible. However the fullscreen lane guidance takes away a usable map for a generic artist's rendering. Guidance can get in your way or just be wrong if you're driving through an area with multiple interchanges or the highway numbers/names don't match the numbers/names that the signs happen to be using or your GPS sensor is being glitchy, or there is construction.


> Lets stay focused on Navigation within Google Maps, not some other Google products.

That's kind of an arbitrary division, right? Doing POI through Google Now actually makes for a much better user experience than anything I've ever seen with a GPS. It's pretty great really.

> Can I add a waypoint by clicking anywhere on the map?

Yes.

Oh wait, you meant on _Mobile_ Google Maps! But that is a different product. Let's stay focused on Navigation within Google Maps. ;-)


No, it is not arbitrary. Grandfather specifically praised navigation UX within maps. You should pay attention next time.


Yeah, but then you got all in to mobile maps...


GP: "Google maps for routing when driving"

Not sure what other maps one can use while driving...




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