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by LeoPanthera 4218 days ago
I'm surprised she complains about the directions. I was under the impression that it used Google Maps. I'm not an Uber driver but I have used the Google Maps app for driving directions and always found it to be pretty good.
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It's really bad. I'm in the triangle (NC) and I've had drivers tell me they use Google Maps from their own android as its much better (I think they use Apple Maps)
This probably depends on where you live? I use Google Maps and when I was living in California it was completely awesome. However, having moved to Seattle recently, it definitely is not as reliable as it used to be. This might have to do with the roads here being much more complicated though.
I've noticed that in downtown Seattle, the GPS has some difficulties maintaining a tight fix on your location. Couple that with how close together some of the roads are and you may find yourself teleporting from one avenue to the other as you move toward your destination.

It works great in suburbia, as expected.

It's been explained to me that tall buildings play merry havoc with the GPS, but I haven't been able to test that out at all.