No, it’s not you: Google maps really did get crappy

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. No, it’s not you: Google maps really did get crappy
Justin O'Beirne, Quartz, 2016/06/01
As a cartography aficionado I also have notice the declining quality o Google maps, and in particular the disappearing city names. The author talks about the imbalance (too few cities, too many unnamed roads) at a certain scale, but if you zoom in you'll also notice it difficult to find street names and the names of rivers (you also get a totally different selection of city names). More...