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Google Maps Gets Chatty With a New Gemini-Powered Interface

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/story/google-maps-ask-maps-gemini-powered-tool/

Google Maps Gets Chatty With a New Gemini-Powered Interface

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/story/google-maps-ask-maps-gemini-powered-tool/

@Susan_calvin Aside from charities that have free Google Suite accounts, I haven't use a Google app in ... four years? There are alternative mappers. I find that #Mapquest's app is about as good as Google's. #CoMaps is still not there, but it's improving.

@Susan_calvin Aside from charities that have free Google Suite accounts, I haven't use a Google app in ... four years? There are alternative mappers. I find that #Mapquest's app is about as good as Google's. #CoMaps is still not there, but it's improving.

I never even noticed that Google Map changed the name of Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America until today. I was checking the new cat 5 #Hurricane called #Melissa.

Since Google has bowed to #Trump, I will no longer use Google Maps. Instead, I will be using #MapQuest from now on. If Google is turning far right, I will stop using #Gmail and #Youtube. I don't even use #Gemini any more cause Gemini obviously filters information and censors data. I use #Copilot for general free inquiry.

I picked up #MapQuest to try and #degoogle myself from Google Maps, mostly because every article I read online said it integrated with Android Auto for navigation in the car. Well it wasn't working for me, so I reached out to their support team and apparently they don't actually support it at all. Does anyone know if it's a feature they removed somewhat recently, or are there hundreds of articles on the Internet that explicitly state that MapQuest works with Android Auto that are wrong?

I picked up #MapQuest to try and #degoogle myself from Google Maps, mostly because every article I read online said it integrated with Android Auto for navigation in the car. Well it wasn't working for me, so I reached out to their support team and apparently they don't actually support it at all. Does anyone know if it's a feature they removed somewhat recently, or are there hundreds of articles on the Internet that explicitly state that MapQuest works with Android Auto that are wrong?

Apple Maps has also switched to the incorrect in every way "Gulf of America" so I've deleted that app, along with Google Maps, and have now installed MapQuest, regardless of any crazy routes on which it may take me. #iykyk

#MapQuest #GulfOfMexico #AppleMaps #GoogleMaps #map #maps

Apple Maps has also switched to the incorrect in every way "Gulf of America" so I've deleted that app, along with Google Maps, and have now installed MapQuest, regardless of any crazy routes on which it may take me. #iykyk

#MapQuest #GulfOfMexico #AppleMaps #GoogleMaps #map #maps

Sadly, #OsmAnd/ #OsmAnd+ is not a good replacement for #Google #Maps. Not for navigating at least.

I wish there was a way I could plan a route either on my desktop (#Linux) or web because the UI/ UX in OsmAnd+ is so fucking cluttered and "busy" that it's damn near next to impossible to actually do something.

I'm trying to plan a route from my current location to two destinations.

I'm starting at Point "A", my current location.

I put in the address for Point "C", my ultimate destination.

But then I realize I need to add a Point "B". But as soon as I go to add Point "B" it gets placed at the end.

And there's no way to move Point "B" to actually be my first stop.

Editing the locations doesn't work either because now I'm stuck with two identical destinations.

There needs to be separate modes for the app. Normal mode and Advance mode. Right now some settings are duplicated across multiple pages and multiple menus.

I HATE THIS FUCKING APP!

(But I hate Google Maps even more.)

Oh well.

Oh look, #MapQuest is still in business.....

#MapQuest really needs to add this to their marketing.

You can add 'layers' to their app. Gas/Lodging/Groceries/Hotels all well and good.

But they also have a Layer for ICE CREAM

#MapQuest really needs to add this to their marketing.

You can add 'layers' to their app. Gas/Lodging/Groceries/Hotels all well and good.

But they also have a Layer for ICE CREAM

Dang, MapQuest about to make a comeback with this:

https://gulfof.mapquest.com/

#gulfofmexico #MapQuest #makeyourown #gulfof #murica

@KyivIndependent

Name a Gulf …

Make a map, name a Gulf!

https://gulfof.mapquest.com/

#Ukraine #StandWithUkraine #MapQuest #maps #GulfOfMexico #humour #funny #memes

@KyivIndependent

Name a Gulf …

Make a map, name a Gulf!

https://gulfof.mapquest.com/

#Ukraine #StandWithUkraine #MapQuest #maps #GulfOfMexico #humour #funny #memes

Geeks are Sexy: MapQuest Enters Its Villain Arc, Hands You the Keys to Geography. “In a world where Apple Maps, Google Maps, and even Bing (yes, Bing) have bent the knee and rebranded the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America, MapQuest has taken a different approach: pure, unfiltered chaos and hilarity. Introducing ‘Name Your Own Gulf’, the feature nobody asked for but everyone definitely […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/02/22/geeks-are-sexy-mapquest-enters-its-villain-arc-hands-you-the-keys-to-geography/

Geeks are Sexy: MapQuest Enters Its Villain Arc, Hands You the Keys to Geography. “In a world where Apple Maps, Google Maps, and even Bing (yes, Bing) have bent the knee and rebranded the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America, MapQuest has taken a different approach: pure, unfiltered chaos and hilarity. Introducing ‘Name Your Own Gulf’, the feature nobody asked for but everyone definitely […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/02/22/geeks-are-sexy-mapquest-enters-its-villain-arc-hands-you-the-keys-to-geography/

#MapQuest is doing eleventh-level #trolling and I am here for it. https://gulfof.mapquest.com/

#MapQuest is doing eleventh-level #trolling and I am here for it. https://gulfof.mapquest.com/

OK the #mapquest Name Your Own Gulf stunt is fantastic 😂

https://gulfof.mapquest.com

Turns out that not only is #MapQuest still a thing, but they have a sense of humor....

(Shout-out to @norwescon, of course!)

https://gulfof.mapquest.com/?name=Norwescon

#GulfOfMexico #GulfOfMapQuest

Turns out that not only is #MapQuest still a thing, but they have a sense of humor....

(Shout-out to @norwescon, of course!)

https://gulfof.mapquest.com/?name=Norwescon

#GulfOfMexico #GulfOfMapQuest

MapQuest Just Handed The Internet A Perfect Tool For Trolling Donald Trump
#GulfOf #mapquest #trump #potus #gulfofamerica #gulfofmexico
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mapquest-trump-trolling-tool_n_67b59a5ce4b0319f377e928b

MapQuest (yes, they're still around) created a "Name Your Own Gulf" page
https://gulfof.mapquest.com
Now YOU can name the gulf whatever you wish!

#mapQuest #maps #gulfOfMexico #gulfOfAmerica #gulfOfWTF

https://stevebarnes.org/blog/1739927340/

#MapQuest

https://stevebarnes.org/blog/1739927340/

#MapQuest

#mem #meme #memy #memes #mapquest #politics #mexico #america #usa

#mem #meme #memy #memes #mapquest #politics #mexico #america #usa

@CraigSloss @bodhipaksa #Mapquest still calls it the Gulf of Mexico, and their directions are not bad... just sayin'

@bodhipaksa

How very clever of #MapQuest!

A great way to get the word out that there is an alternative to #Google Maps.

#Maps #Map

@bodhipaksa

How very clever of #MapQuest!

A great way to get the word out that there is an alternative to #Google Maps.

#Maps #Map

Possibly a better name for the Gulf of Mexico. 😂

https://gulfof.mapquest.com/?name=Let%E2%80%99s+take+over+stuff+because+we+think+we+rule+the+world

#GulfOfMexico #MapQuest

Possibly a better name for the Gulf of Mexico. 😂

https://gulfof.mapquest.com/?name=Let%E2%80%99s+take+over+stuff+because+we+think+we+rule+the+world

#GulfOfMexico #MapQuest

It’s a clever marketing move for #MapQuest to have a Gulf of N generator!

https://gulfof.mapquest.com/

#GulfOfMexico #maps #cartography #gischat

It’s a clever marketing move for #MapQuest to have a Gulf of N generator!

https://gulfof.mapquest.com/

#GulfOfMexico #maps #cartography #gischat

@cookiesinheaven Most important, the default #Mapquest setting is to call it the #GulfOfMexico

@cookiesinheaven Most important, the default #Mapquest setting is to call it the #GulfOfMexico

@BigAngBlack Excuse me, I have to go print out 15 pieces of paper to get to a bookstore on the other side of town. #Mapquest

@BigAngBlack Excuse me, I have to go print out 15 pieces of paper to get to a bookstore on the other side of town. #Mapquest

So in moving away from #Twitter, #meta and #google, I have rediscovered #MapQuest and #Metacrawler.

I always thought web crawler became http://metacrawler.com, which then became Google. Apparently not.

And Google maps is the main Google thing that I use. Mostly for tracking the traffic while I'm driving somewhere.

And I've looked up the ownership of Metarawler and http://MapQuest.com as well. They may be toxic and corporate, I don't know. But they aren't those #fascist #oligarchs ?

So in moving away from #Twitter, #meta and #google, I have rediscovered #MapQuest and #Metacrawler.

I always thought web crawler became http://metacrawler.com, which then became Google. Apparently not.

And Google maps is the main Google thing that I use. Mostly for tracking the traffic while I'm driving somewhere.

And I've looked up the ownership of Metarawler and http://MapQuest.com as well. They may be toxic and corporate, I don't know. But they aren't those #fascist #oligarchs ?

@kaleb #Mapquest shows the Gulf of Mexico correctly.

@kaleb #Mapquest shows the Gulf of Mexico correctly.

Map Quest remains strong

#mapquest #gulf_of_mexico

Map Quest remains strong

#mapquest #gulf_of_mexico

#Mapquest may have the last laugh. 🤣

#DeGoogle #GulfOfMexico #FuckTrump

#Mapquest may have the last laugh. 🤣

#DeGoogle #GulfOfMexico #FuckTrump

#MapQuest still not fellating malignant narcissistic fascist dickheads

#Maps #GulfOfMEXICO

#MapQuest still not fellating malignant narcissistic fascist dickheads

#Maps #GulfOfMEXICO

MapQuest is not playing along with Trump's America First BS

#GulfOfMexico #MapQuest

MapQuest is not playing along with Trump's America First BS

#GulfOfMexico #MapQuest

#GulfOfMexico #MapQuest

#GulfOfMexico #MapQuest

If you think this is a waste, printed out #MapQuest instructions is still an option for you 🤷🏻‍♂️
https://noc.social/@todayilearned/113160648339696185