{"id":1833226,"date":"2024-07-25T15:04:51","date_gmt":"2024-07-25T19:04:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1833226"},"modified":"2024-07-25T15:04:54","modified_gmt":"2024-07-25T19:04:54","slug":"terse-directions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2024\/07\/terse-directions\/","title":{"rendered":"Terse Directions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Adding to the discussion as to whether online maps\u2019 directions are too exhausting<\/a>, Tim Bray argues for terse directions<\/a>: \u201cWhen I\u2019m navigating an area I already know about, don\u2019t give me turn-by-turn, just give me a short list of the streets to take.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Right now, Google Maps insists on turn-by turn, with three warnings for each turn. It\u2019s dumb and annoying and interrupts whatever music or show I\u2019m listening to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What I want is to get in the car and say \u201cShort directions to New Brighton Park\u201d and have it say \u201cTake Main to 12th to Nanaimo to 1st to Renfrew to McGill.\u201d Then when I\u2019m driving, I\u2019d get one vocal warning a block out from each turn, like \u201cNext left on Nanaimo\u201d or some such.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Previously: \u2018Map-Splaining\u2019<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Adding to the discussion as to whether online maps\u2019 directions are too exhausting, Tim Bray argues for terse directions: \u201cWhen I\u2019m navigating an area I already know about, don\u2019t give me turn-by-turn, just give me… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[80,752],"tags":[85],"class_list":["post-1833226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-mobile","category-navigation","tag-driving-directions","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1832673,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2024\/07\/map-splaining\/","url_meta":{"origin":1833226,"position":0},"title":"‘Map-Splaining’","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"5 July 2024","format":"link","excerpt":"Modern online maps have so much data under the hood, and provide an overabundance of detail, that they can\u2019t help but bombard the user, The Atlantic\u2019s Ian Bogost argues, coining a term for their \u201csheer exhaustiveness\u201d: map-splaining. 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