Lol, blaming GPS is a fundamental misunderstanding of what GPS does, all it does is transmit signals that allow our devices to calculate their latitude and longitude. It's the map applications that are responsible for correlating these coordinates with addresses.
One of the problems here is that Utah County (unlike Salt Lake and Weber counties) does not use a unified grid system of addresses across the entire county. Orem has its own addressing as does Vineyard as does American Fork, etc. In Salt Lake County, even within different cities, the addressing system is uniform across the entire county - there are no overlaping addresses in Sandy that would be identical to Salt Lake City.
Technology only helps us when it works correctly. Always look at the planned route before following it. Please people. I love my maps app as I travel ALL over the US. Helpful to avoid major traffic jams, etc...but I always return to full map to SEE if it is trying to change my route to a "faster" or better option. I've taught all my kids how to read a map, and keep a mapbook in each car.
I think this is a blend of local and federal issues. The federal issue is that Vineyard shares its two ZIP codes (84058 and 84059) with Orem. If the USPS provided unique zip codes for Vineyard now that they've grown, it would help any mapping services that rely on ZIP codes behind the scenes. The local issue is with the address numbering for subdivisions. I'm not sure what responsibility balance there is for this task between city and county, but on a typical Utah grid block, you should have approx. 50 odd numbers and 50 even numbers to choose from for assignment. There usually aren't 100 locations to number on the block. With a little extra work, Vineyard could use the numbers that haven't already been used in Orem or vice-versa.
Apple maps is banded for drivers in a few countries because it likes to send people off piers and the wrong way through 1 way streets, so using it for comparison is dumb. Google is generally good but still on the end user to confirm its the correct address.
That make no sense. Drivers still need to be observant. Driving off a pier becase the map says so is just stupid. Common sense definitely need to be a requirement for a driving licence.
As a sailor, I often found GPS to be off by hundreds of miles. In Florida, my companions decided to use GPS. That took us on a toll road with plenty of traffic lights. On a return, I was the navigator, using a visual map on my phone. It was faster than using GPS. A cousin died of cold because she and her friend followed GPS on desert roads outside Las Vegas. They got stuck in snow. He walked to get help. When he returned with rescuers, she was found DEAD.
@@KTM22Ride a typical address in the US would be something like 652 15th St NE which means it's on 15th Street between 6th and 7th Ave. Another town might also have 652 15th St NE, the cross street would still be 6th Ave NE, but quite possibly a different street. So giving the cross street won't help the issue in the video. I don't know anywhere that have addresses in the format you're giving.
I get that people from out of town would be confused but local delivery people should know that they are in Vineyard and not Orem and that there is something wrong with the map. But then again most delivery people don't really care about getting it right.
Just because the GPS says go this way doesn't mean you drive off a bridge that's not there I can't believe that guy would even let that be known that he did that I'd be too embarrassed that I was that stupid
Before you go talking about something you have no idea what your talking about maybe look into what your talking about. It’s actually pretty mest up what happened to this guy died! the main route he took was closed down to flooding. it’s was night time it was a bad storm, so he used google to redirect him. The route google took him on was a small bridge that had been closed. There was not one sign anywhere saying it was closed, most likely he did see it was it was to late. This was an extremely terrible accident that would have never happened if google updated the app like they are supposed to and claimed they do that’s why they are suing! Things like that shouldn’t happen in 2023.
Lol, blaming GPS is a fundamental misunderstanding of what GPS does, all it does is transmit signals that allow our devices to calculate their latitude and longitude. It's the map applications that are responsible for correlating these coordinates with addresses.
One of the problems here is that Utah County (unlike Salt Lake and Weber counties) does not use a unified grid system of addresses across the entire county.
Orem has its own addressing as does Vineyard as does American Fork, etc.
In Salt Lake County, even within different cities, the addressing system is uniform across the entire county - there are no overlaping addresses in Sandy that would be identical to Salt Lake City.
Those apps should use UTM on their map.
Technology only helps us when it works correctly. Always look at the planned route before following it. Please people. I love my maps app as I travel ALL over the US. Helpful to avoid major traffic jams, etc...but I always return to full map to SEE if it is trying to change my route to a "faster" or better option. I've taught all my kids how to read a map, and keep a mapbook in each car.
I think this is a blend of local and federal issues.
The federal issue is that Vineyard shares its two ZIP codes (84058 and 84059) with Orem. If the USPS provided unique zip codes for Vineyard now that they've grown, it would help any mapping services that rely on ZIP codes behind the scenes.
The local issue is with the address numbering for subdivisions. I'm not sure what responsibility balance there is for this task between city and county, but on a typical Utah grid block, you should have approx. 50 odd numbers and 50 even numbers to choose from for assignment. There usually aren't 100 locations to number on the block. With a little extra work, Vineyard could use the numbers that haven't already been used in Orem or vice-versa.
Vineyard was just mostly filds when I grew up in orem Utah in the late 70's and 80's in the 90's 😅
Google likes to try sending me through private govt land to get home. Yep it's 5 min faster but I'll also get shot if I go too far
Google sends me to the wrong place sometimes, and not just in Utah, it occurred in South Dakota too.
Apple maps is banded for drivers in a few countries because it likes to send people off piers and the wrong way through 1 way streets, so using it for comparison is dumb. Google is generally good but still on the end user to confirm its the correct address.
That make no sense. Drivers still need to be observant. Driving off a pier becase the map says so is just stupid. Common sense definitely need to be a requirement for a driving licence.
@michaelpettersson4919 I agree that drivers need more common sense, but unfortunately, they will never introduce a test for that.
That’s why ya have to use your still instincts. And your eyes also.
We like to blame technology. This is a. local government problem. You need to change the addresses. This is a problem between vineyard and orem
As a sailor, I often found GPS to be off by hundreds of miles. In Florida, my companions decided to use GPS. That took us on a toll road with plenty of traffic lights. On a return, I was the navigator, using a visual map on my phone. It was faster than using GPS. A cousin died of cold because she and her friend followed GPS on desert roads outside Las Vegas. They got stuck in snow. He walked to get help. When he returned with rescuers, she was found DEAD.
So sad. Sorry for your loss.
That's why you give a cross street.
How would that help, when the cross streets have the same numbers?
@@jon9103 Well one house has cross street east 400 North and East 300 North and the other house is East 370 North and East 280 North That's why.
@@KTM22Ride a typical address in the US would be something like 652 15th St NE which means it's on 15th Street between 6th and 7th Ave. Another town might also have 652 15th St NE, the cross street would still be 6th Ave NE, but quite possibly a different street. So giving the cross street won't help the issue in the video.
I don't know anywhere that have addresses in the format you're giving.
@@jon9103 I Google mapped both addresses. And those were the cross streets!!
@@KTM22Rideyou're right in this case, but in general there are no guarantees that the cross streets will be different.
5 yrs 😂😂😂😂
I get that people from out of town would be confused but local delivery people should know that they are in Vineyard and not Orem and that there is something wrong with the map. But then again most delivery people don't really care about getting it right.
They probably just get a bunch of waypoints on a map without looking at the actual addresses.
Just because the GPS says go this way doesn't mean you drive off a bridge that's not there I can't believe that guy would even let that be known that he did that I'd be too embarrassed that I was that stupid
I think the guy died, it's his next of kin that are suing.
Before you go talking about something you have no idea what your talking about maybe look into what your talking about.
It’s actually pretty mest up what happened to this guy died! the main route he took was closed down to flooding. it’s was night time it was a bad storm, so he used google to redirect him. The route google took him on was a small bridge that had been closed. There was not one sign anywhere saying it was closed, most likely he did see it was it was to late.
This was an extremely terrible accident that would have never happened if google updated the app like they are supposed to and claimed they do that’s why they are suing! Things like that shouldn’t happen in 2023.