I used to drive a box truck at work and I can definitely confirm that google maps is used heavily. I used Google maps during almost every trip!
Finding random addresses in places you aren't familiar with can be difficult and waste a lot of time, with the maps app it would let us go straight to the destination.
I can only recall one time that Google maps lead us astray too! It's very accurate even in rural areas and on random tiny back roads in the middle of nowhere.
> It's very accurate even in rural areas and on random tiny back roads in the middle of nowhere.
… which is how we would end up with a semi stuck on our old street a couple times a year, blocking all traffic for everyone. “Oh, Google said to take this road!”
Well to be fair, I think this is less of an issue of maps being inaccurate and more people blindly following it without considering whether or not their truck can fit down the roads.
Maps does not have a "truck mode" that refuses to lead you down small roads but I always thought that would be a useful feature.
Finding random addresses in places you aren't familiar with can be difficult and waste a lot of time, with the maps app it would let us go straight to the destination.
I can only recall one time that Google maps lead us astray too! It's very accurate even in rural areas and on random tiny back roads in the middle of nowhere.