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My biggest gripe with Google Maps is when I pan to a specific area, hundreds, or even thousands of miles from my current location, then search for something like “restaurants” and it pans me back home and searches there, so I then have to go find my distant location again and click the search here button.

If this is an intentional choice, all in an effort to show me more local ads… ugh. I really hope this isn’t the case.



Google Maps makes it really hard to explore your travel destination, or I am holding it wrong. That and the lack of weather integration are my main issues with it.


I hate that too. Even when it is just across the one city, it is a major pain in the ass.




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