Re: New Google Maps
Yes I hate it, despise it, lost several nights of sleep over it. Literally. When they released it my tablet and phone automatically updated on a Saturday night. I discovered the Sunday after that the new update didn't support my places.... And my maps... That Thursday we were rolling out out with several hundred volunteer ham radio operators, and 586 bicyclists for a four day bike event from Cleveland down to Cincinnati.
I had spent weeks creating maps to use along the course, everything from the bike route, emergency contact information like local sheriff departments, primary and secondary repeater information, water stops, and routes for the SAGs to follow while the bikers were on trails away from the road. Only to discover 3 days before we were set to pull out, this info was all unavailable.
Finally figured out to instruct my guys to uninstall the update to get functionality back, but I was panicked to say the least.
To make it much worse, the following weekend was pedal to the point. Same deal, but with over 2,600 bikes.
Stupid move Google. There's been lots of backlash on the Google forums about people losing my places functionality, as well as just hating the new version. Google hasn't responded with so much as a peep.
