It’s doing a great job making sure I know where Burger King is when zooming into a city

nightshift1 23 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

Interesting submission on that topic : How Google Maps allocates survival across London's restaurants https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46203343

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tasty_freeze an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

No kidding. When I zoom in on a few square miles around my house and ask to see restaurants, it shows only a few of them even though there is plenty of space -- it isn't like it has to prune some to make it readable. I zoom in and some appear that weren't there before ... why? There was room to display it before I zoomed in. Gaaah!

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rickypp an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

I started to notice "Turn left at the light, after the Chipotle™" last year... ads in my turn by turn navigation is next level innovation

	▲	johannes1234321 39 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		I believe that the initial idea there was to refer to notable landmarks and these company signs are readable from a distance. But yes, they could serve well as ad space.