Sunday, May 04, 2025

Why do Doordash orders to trailer / RV parks rarely ever have their map pins pointing to the correct RV / trailer? (Crossposted to several subreddits.)

 

Why do Doordash orders to trailer / RV parks rarely ever have their map pins pointing to the correct RV / trailer? (Crossposted to several subreddits.)

Seems that much of the time, the map pins point to a random spot of a trailer / RV park when I try to find my customer's place.

So instead of going to the exact structure / vehicle where the customer lives with the pin's help, the pin just leads me to the trailer / RV court itself and I have to pay attention to the lot numbers displayed out front of each trailer / RV (and not all of them display those lot numbers!) and also message the customer to ask for the color of their trailer or the color and make of their RV, and the color, make and model of the vehicle parked in front of it so I can have an easier time finding them.

So why can't trailer & RV parks have the pins pointing to the exact place where the customer lives instead, just like ordinary single-family homes with foundations?

Crossposts:

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[–]high_snr 8 points  

Because GIS and mapping services that Google and Apple use don't allow their vehicles to go on to private property.

https://www.pacificresearch.org/google-promises-to-stop-photographing-on-private-property-without-permission/#:~:text=Nothing%20New,our%20property%2C”%20Ballon%20said.

[–]mrossm 4 points  

I dont use door dash myself but the number of delivery drivers I've had stop me to ask directions is wild. Like you've already ordered food so you don't have to go anywhere, is it too much to ask you to step outside to wave the guy down, or even better, meet them somewhere obvious like the office or main road?


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