What Happened to Google Maps?

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By Federico ViticciMay 2, 2016, 10:44 am1.2k ptsHot
Fascinating study by Justin O'Beirne on how Google Maps changed from 2010 to 2016 – fewer cities, more roads, and not a lot of balance between them on a map at the same zoom level. He writes: Unfortunately, these "optimizations" only served to exacerbate the longstanding imbalances already in the maps. As is…

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