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User reports Google Maps proposed a sponsored detour to a trip(paquita.masto.host)

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Original toot in Spanish says: “OK, so I need some alternatives to Google Maps, because I just decided seconds ago to stop using it after I got proposed a trip with a completely unnecessary detour which adds two extra minutes just because it pass by a gas station that sponsors this trip.”

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mesamune@lemmy.world
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You need to download the maps in order to make it work. The default maps it comes with kinda suck. It’s not intuitive but I was able to go from California to Wyoming that way.

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/home/pineapplelover@lemm.ee
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Yeah I also downloaded the U.S map and was pretty good navigating around Utah and Nevada. They had information on the locations and everything. It didn’t have any traffic information like Google maps but it works perfectly fine.

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lovesickoyster@lemmy.world
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I did have all the maps downloaded. I split the trip into three ~250 km sections and it routed each one separately just fine.

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