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“As Google Maps has broadened in scope, we have also had to address fundamental differences in tasks as basic as navigation and driving directions. We have found that, generally speaking, people navigate primarily by street names in Western countries and by landmarks and points of interest in the East.”
Google Maps: Designing the Modern Atlas - Core77 (via omniar)
es- I think this varies a lot by city (Shanghai and Beijing are different, and Bangkok certainly uses both) even in “the East.” As for Tokyo most of the time- what’s a street name?
(via omniar)
