Google Maps Software Pricing & Features

Pros
I like Google Maps because they've mastered the art of providing lots of features without making their application difficult to use or junky. I prefer this over the Maps app that comes with my iPhone because it's much easier to edit my trip. If I don't want to take a certain bridge or highway, Google Maps can show me alternate routes and the additional time it would take in one tiny place on the screen. I also love the audio settings. I use the GPS even when I know exactly how to get somewhere so that I can have the other information that the app provides like traffic updates, crashes ahead, and alternate routes that might make more sense to take as traffic picks up. I can set the audio to "alerts only" so that I can hear my music without all of the turning instructions, just the traffic alerts. I've also noticed that Google Maps memorizes maps. When I lose signal on my phone, I don't lose the GPS because Google Maps has already saved my trip in its memory. As a new driver, that made me feel really safe and assured. Lastly, I discovered another feature that I use all the time now. I live near a huge outlet mall and it was always a hassle to know which door was closest to the store that I wanted to go into. But one day, I put a store in my GPS (not knowing it was in that outlet mall) and Google Maps actually took me to the best entrance for that specific store. I love Google Maps and I wouldn't use another GPS application.

Cons
The only bad thing I can say about Google Maps is that it doesn't always know which direction I'm facing, which can be tricky. There's an arrow that follows along the path and shows you whether you're going in the same direction of the path or not. There were times when the arrow was pointing in a different direction than the path so, I made a U-Turn and later realized that I was actually going in the right direction before.

Rating breakdown

Likelihood to recommend: 10/10

Pros
Since I was first introduced to Google Maps by my mobile device many years ago it has been the easiest thing to find places and get directions. The Google search and Google Maps integration was brilliant, to say the least. Finding addresses became so easy and my favourite function was being able to send directions directly to my guests' email addresses and mobile devices. This not only saved me time but it was super convenient and when it first arrived I was always able to suggest this service to all my Guests confidently, eagerly installing and training them on their own devices. Great job despite all the security issues that have been overshadowed by the convenience of the service.

Cons
There were times that the Map was incorrect or got 2 places confused with each other. Twice I had guests end up in locations due to the business names being similar. This was fixed and corrected on the platform within a week of reporting this confusion.

Rating breakdown

Likelihood to recommend: 10/10

Pros
i have all layers, it helps me with planing routes, it helps me to see terrain. its easy to use. sometimes when i need to see building i have street view.

Cons
i dont have option to see older google maps photos, sometimes i need to see map as it was in 2007 for example and i cant. offline maps need optimization. and it could be goood if google used avg. traffic condition with times so it could show me possible traffic condition in offline mode.

Rating breakdown

Likelihood to recommend: 8/10

Pros
It's easy to use/follow. Love that you can search for locations/products/services along your existing route, and that you can set up your route with multiple stops! That's one of the coolest features they have! And you can also select your preference to avoid toll roads.

Cons
It's sometimes hard to check if my settings are set up to avoid toll roads. I wish it had a better integration with voice commands to make it safer when driving, or avoid having to pull over. I hate that it shows you alternative routes (grayed out) when they're SLOWER - it's distracting and no one wants to take that route so why even show it? I wish it'd only display other route options when a faster route was found.

Rating breakdown

Likelihood to recommend: 10/10

Pros
When I'm on the go, I typically use my map apps built into my iPhone, but I occasionally will use Google Maps when searching on my computer. The pro of Google Maps is a lot of companies use it. Typically when you click on highlighted map address online (Yelp, facebook, etc), the default is google maps.

Cons
The big con about Google Maps is that the routes it provides are not always the quickest, or best routes. I used Google maps a lot when I lived in a rural area (and it was great for that), but now that I live in a very populated area with roads constantly changing or going under construction, the maps aren't as useful. Google Maps doesn't seem to quite know all the quicker routes and definitely doesn't take in consideration lights. Not knowing the area, Google maps once told me it was 7 miles from somewhere, but it didn't consider that I would hit every single red light along the way and the 7 miles took nearly an hour. I would also find myself using Google maps and notice that several people ahead of me will make the same award path and I do, and realized we're all likely using Google maps. It would literally take these strange paths thru neighborhoods, with speed bumps, and uturns, heavy potholes, even gravel roads and same strange turns as the people in front of me for miles. Just because there is a road there, doesn't make it the best option, but I guess Google can't determine areas that have speed bumps or gravel roads yet. Google maps isn't as intuitive as Waze which will give you minute by minute updates and alt routes to take. My biggest con with Google maps, was on a personal level. I moved to a new home. Completely new address that hasn't ever been in a system yet. We had our address set up with the PO for months, and it took Google nearly 8 months for them to get our address in their system. We had to share our address using coordinates with friends and family for months because Google wouldn't update their maps. You can submit a change or incorrect address, but you cannot add a new address easily. And when you do, you cannot see the progress of your change, like if Google has actually reviewed it or not, or the ETA on being approved. Being that so many companies use Google maps, it was difficult to order things online and have them shipped to my home. Many businesses didn't recognize my address as being valid since they rely on Google maps so heavily. It would be nice for Google, as large of a company as they are to offer some sort of customer service option or an easier way to contact them. Their FAQ and guides for adding new map addresses is lacking.

Rating breakdown

Likelihood to recommend: 5/10