The perpetually late can easily see how long they'll be circling around the block for a spot.
Be honest: when you're factoring how long it takes somewhere, you sometimes forget that parking your car is actually a part of the equation. This is especially an issue if you live in a giant metropolitan area, which is why Google has introduced a parking difficulty featurette to Maps.
Now when you look for directions or driving time to your Friday soiree, Maps will factor in the usual parking time in that particular area based on historical data. Unfortunately, the feature is only available in 25 areas right now. They are: San Francisco, Seattle, Miami, Atlanta, Boston, Charlotte, Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, Minneapolis/St. Paul, New York City, Orlando, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, San Diego, St. Louis, Tampa, Washington, DC, Cleveland, Dallas/Fort Worth, Denver, Houston, Phoenix, Portland, and Sacramento.
The parking ability will arrive in a Google Maps software update on your mobile device.
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Google Maps now factors in parking time for your trip
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It's really helpful because I too used it and understood it's features
you all also will be benefited through it if you use Google maps and it's features
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On top of this maybe they should calculate how long it takes to walk from your current position to your car and then again from your car to the door of your destination.
That's not a bad feature. Especially depending on where you have to park in certain situations.
Actually, Google Maps already does that. If your walk to/from your car is that far away, Google Maps will track it. Just change the setting from the "car" to the "walking man".
Got the update. I'm curious if it actually does factor in some time for parking...I see that it'll tell you if parking is limited or medium difficulty and what not. Which is kind of nice, but if you're just navigating to some place around where you live, you already have an idea as to what the parking situation is gonna be like.
I am glad that Google is constantly updating maps though. It's my go to navigation app and it's already pretty feature rich. Especially with the last few updates throughout the past year or so.
"But I'm only driving to downtown Philly. Why does Google say my time of arrival is May 17th, 2019?"
I currently am a driver for a small business and use Google Maps to get to the several places in need to go every day. The main problem I have with Google Maps (which is really an excellent product) is that it can never really tell when I arrive at my destination. Sometimes it gets it right, the other times, it doesn't. I like the stats that Maps gives when you arrive - the time it took, average mph, etc. - and it's a shame when I can't get it. They should allow you to click the marker for the destination and select that you 'arrived' if you want to. I think it's an easy and efficient solution to that problem.
It should be easy now for Google to ask or interpret that you have left your car and walking away. It now gives a summary when you arrive and asks "Done? ", why not ask Leaving vehicle.
Moto assist Driving Mode can never work out you are no longer driving so some integration with Maps would be good but I'm probably expecting too much.
It can already tell when you've gotten out of your car and start walking. It'll even remember where that change took place to guess that that's where you parked.
Of course, if you cancel out of navigation when you get out of your car, instead of keeping it open while you walk to the final destination (something that nearly everyone would do if we can see the destination or know where it is to walk from the parking spot), you're canceling out this ability.
Yeh, that's true if you keep it running and have a specific destination. i often get to a parking area I know is free and have no general plan :p
Should be a good feature.
After they factor in the time to find parking, a trip to Downtown LA goes from 10 minutes to an hour.