I saw something on Hacker News that Google Maps in the new version (that I haven’t yet seen rolled out to me) had removed the ability to extract the exact GPS coordinate for a point.

What in the hell. It was so stupid that I couldn’t believe the rumor.

And it turns out that it is true.

It also turns out that a lot of other features are being removed, too, like the ability to have multi-destination routing and the ability to see which streets have Street View.

I use the ability to find GPS coordinates on Google Maps all the time. It is very important for a project I am working on. I have used it at least 5,000 times in the past year.

Have we really come to the point that we just remove all features because it makes it simpler for those who cannot find the Start menu? Apparently so.