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John Sutter : Mapping software is incredible, but sometimes it's a little weird.
He says maps don’t see the world the way people who use them do.
Sutter asks: What makes the software think that I’m obtuse? He says digital maps are always simplifications; they simplify a lot less than they used to.
Apple Maps has tried to make its guidance feel more natural, in part by using common, human-sounding phrases.
Apple handles route instructions differently for urban versus rural roads, and for highways versus local streets.
Google makes 50 million edits to its map per day, adjusting details such as how roads are classified.
The technology companies hope that any social or cognitive downsides of mapping apps could be remedied by better features in the apps themselves.
Apple hopes that calling out waypoints, showing a user which way to go, and teaching them how to do it counts as its own form of geographical education.
But new features may just as well encourage more complacency.
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