Nothing wrong with Windows CE back in 2002

Except for being ten years old, not always responsive, and not so heavy on features.

(certainly did a lot more than credited with, now iphone/android came along and pretended to invent smartphones though)

I wonder if there was a bug that allowed apps to figure out your local wireless password, so they just changed everyone's and plugged the hole.

 

Google Maps is wrong occasionally but it's mostly correct and as someone with a disability when it comes to geography it's a life saver for me.

 

Report the mistake to them.

Have you checked for the alternative routes too?

Alternatives on what? Google Navigation had two, Google Maps website had three.

 

By the time I left, things had changed anyhow, and both were similar times (only common part had traffic), and even though I asked for the 'scenic' route, stupid thing ignored me and sent me boring way.

On navigation. It tends to give me two alternatives so three routes in total.

Oh, no - it only gave me one alternative (which I tried to select and it ignored me).

I'm not sure how much people care, but for the sake of clarity in case anyone does...

Google Maps gives me three out of four possible routes - with the choice of which ones changing for no obvious reasons (if I move the start position just a few feet, it may or not switch between SW and W options)

Those routes being:
S = A23/M23 -> M25 J7 -> J10 / A3 Southbound (32.5 miles, 50 mins)
SE = A22 -> M25 J6 -> J10 / A3 Southbound (35.8 miles, 55 mins)
SW = B2032/A217 -> M25 J8 -> J10 / A3 Southbound (32.3 miles, 57 mins)
W = A232 -> A240 -> A3 Soundbound (28.3 miles, 57 minutes)

Google Navigation gave me S and SE initially, then I got in the car and it gave me S and SW, but when trying to select SW it still made me go S.

On the way back, it gave me choice of reversed equivalents of W or S routes, claiming they were both about the same time.

In both directions, the W route is horrible, since it involves lots of traffic lights and relatively narrow high street roads through Sutton/Carshalton/Waddon, so no idea why it's shown as an option (it doesn't involve motorways, but I haven't ticked the "avoid highways" option, and even if I do I get given three entirely different routes - I guess A3 is considered a highway (is a three-lane dual-carriageway with national speedlimit).

Meh.

I'm not really sure what mistake I'd report? That Maps / Navigation give conflicting primary routes?

But that's less a mistake and more that they haven't bothered to implement traffic awareness into the Maps route selection thing, so would be a feature request (as would the advanced traffic awareness thing).

So they'd no doubt just decide to ignore me. :(

They should incorporate traffic awareness, maybe they're not that confident in it yet.

 

They're fairly quick at fixing place names and locations after a report.

They oddly updating streetview right outside my house recently. A few images down the road and it's 2009 and up the other end it's 2011. No idea why they didn't do the whole road, the old photos are pretty dark and grim, which to be honest is more representative of the weather round here!

They probably wont be collecting payload data from open wifi spots this time though.

Ha, and there's a few round here.