Wow. Bravo mapquest team. I wish they would come on here and speak to their brand renewal.
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W after W from MapQuest.
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TIL that MapQuest still exists
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This is dope, BUT Mapquest is just a wrapper for OpenStreetMaps, and this is data that you get for free with OSM.
Also, after install, Mapquest immediately asks to start tracking your behavior for targeted marketing shit.
Mapquest probably doesn’t actually give a shit privacy or fighting authoritarians. They just want a cheap and free data set, and the cheapest thing available automatically has LPR data and doesn’t rename bodies of water to “America.”
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Just installed it and yelled "Holy shit!". I didnt realize it was this bad already. I only thought there were two in my area. This is fkn nuts. We are indeed in a surveillance state.
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Fuck yeah dude shoutout to mapquest.
All of them or just the reported ones? Because someone discovered 100k+ undeclared cameras (or so they said) spread around.
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people also need to look at axion/axon , motorola, they definitely are using those now too.
If MapQuest could get public transit directions as good as Google, I’d drop them completely.
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Another W for MapQuest
Does this include non-flock brand flock cameras?
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Looks like I'm going to be paying for an app possibly for the first time ever. I've had the free version for a while but they've earned my money
Edit: damn it crashes a lot :(
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Now if only MapQuest could track police down to the last inspector and beat officer.
Round of applause!
Waze does this in my neighborhood. All are labeled as police cameras.
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Can't find this "surveillance layer", is this a paid feature?
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Why can I not find this setting in my app?
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Now we all know where to avoid aiming projectiles.
Well I'm glad somebody's doing it because DeFlock's app was designed by someone who doesn't understand UX. It's so clunky and unintuitive. Hell, the "navigation" feature doesn't actually give you turn-by-turn directions FFS!
Will it navigate around them? Does it show other manufacturers such as Axon?
Based MapQuest??
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Well that's a pretty nifty feature.
Killing it mq
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While certainly cool and a middle finger to the man, it's just one more thing for dumbass drivers to be distracted with. And an increased chance to get stupid and maybe kill someone.
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Mapquest stays winning.
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Hell yeah MapQuest! Glad to hear they're still making improvements, and this is an important one, especially not just focusing on Flock.
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