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Last year, San Francisco authorized Waymo to pick up and drop off passengers on a car-free street. Now, private drivers think they, too, can travel on the street (www.sfgate.com)
submitted 6 months ago by to c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
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[–] 14 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children)

I read a story about a guy who had access to different roads on both sides of his property, so he would use both. Problem was once Google maps sees one driver going down a road (his property), it sends all drivers down that road. I expect that's what's going on here, once one pickup driver does it it's open season on Google maps. Not sure if Uber or Lyft have their own software or a special overlay that doesn't send it back to Google/Apple.

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  • [–] 15 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Just ran into something similar with a new business I was doing contract work with before they were open to public. I would drive down a back alley behind the building, park in employee only parking, and enter through the back door. Now Google Maps thinks the back lot is public parking and the back door is the entrance. I've tried to correct it multiple times now and it still directs people down the alley and to the rear of the building.

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