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Google maps is undisputedly, the worst software curse ever unleashed on the human race. You're far better off asking directions from a stray dog or a foraging hen. How is this disease still legal to obtain and reside on people's phones when it's so misleading? Yesterday was not the first time it made me get lost but it was definitely the worst cause some Abuja roads are vast and are not plied by commercial vehicles /public transport
12km on foot is marathon numbers. As a boy, I regularly trekked 6.2km from my school home. I would never in my right senses contemplate it after growing up. I can't explain how poor this "app" is. Is it a ui issue translating the instructions visually? Cuz why would the arrow swing towards a position that's going to take 30x original projection? Why are there no haptic feedbacks warning you that you're veering extremely off course? It simply replots and destination seems attainable till you cross the rubicon
Or maybe it's so successful and the fault lies with me because my thick head did not develop the wiring to crack maps. Perhaps, it's a miracle that I'm able to walk unaided, to the places I frequent
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