Google maps..? In the bin...

Strider590

Big_Graeme wrote: »

Put the start and end points in and press directions.
Or, https://support.google.com/maps/answer/1628031?hl=en

That's not the same as the distance tool, where you could put markers down and measure the distance between two parked cars to within a few cm.

jumbojuice

i prefer google maps to that apple maps rubbish on my phone!

Big_Graeme

Strider590 wrote: »

That's not the same as the distance tool, where you could put markers down and measure the distance between two parked cars to within a few cm.

I'm assuming so few people needed a feature like that it got axed.

Charlton_King

It's now as good as useless on my desktop pc: ridiculously slow to load and laborious and cumbersome to use.

What was once a hugely useful tool for all kinds of purposes has IMHO ruled itself out of any consideration.

Bravo Google. Going down the Microsoft technogeek narcissism route in spades.

EssexExile

Works fine here.

buglawton

csspest wrote: »

I still think its brilliant for finding out who's running a buiness from home just down the road and without Google Mpas you would never know

To find out if they're worth burgling?

esuhl

Big_Graeme wrote: »

I'm assuming so few people needed a feature like that it got axed.

It's still there, just ridiculously unintuitive to access. The old (several years ago) Google Maps interface was much better.

Streetview is still useful, but I tend to use the OpenCycleMap now:
http://www.opencyclemap.org/

Do you remember when everyone used streetmap.co.uk? It's still going!
http://streetmap.co.uk

Elsewhere

I've given up on Google maps and gone back to Streetmap.

pogofish

Switching some of the features in Google Earth off can make a big difference to performance IME, esp on a slow connection.

From the View Menu, turning-off the Tour Guide, Atmosphere and Water Surface options makes a palpable difference for very little change in functionality and are easy to switch back-on if you need them Then if you need more, you can disable or enable everything, individually or in groups via the Layers box in the Sidebar - and if you don't have the Sidebar, it can be switched-on in the View Menu too.

EssexExile

Friends moved onto a new estate which Google & Streetmap couldn't find. http://www.openstreetmap.org found it ok.