Google Map Starts Sucking?

Like someone's comment in the groups says, it the project manager having too much time? Why change something good for worse?

Do not even bother to post screenshots, because it really sucks. Just c/p my post in groups:

The new printout is useless. I have a few points to make.

1. The assumption that text is easier to read than maps is wrong. Of
coz if you print everything on the map the streets/road would be so
small that they are very hard to read. But the good thing about old
Google map is that you can adjust the zoom level and print out exactly
the part you want, which can be just as big or small as you want. In
fact, image is much easier to read than text when time is limited
(driver needs to keep focus on the road, not the text).

2. The maps on the new printout is useless. The "overview" is for
astronauts and cannot be used for guidance unless you are guiding a
cruse missle. The "start" part is irelevant, because most of the time
it will be yes, your starting point, which is either your office or
home area, and you know it so well you do not need any help. The "end"
is too small to be helpful.

3. More on the last statement in (2): the end part is the most
important. Because big roads in the middle of the route are much
simpler, and harder to miss, than the final miles down to the small
local roads, which the driver probably has never been to (otherwise who
needs a map?).

4. I think the ideal direction printout should be:

- text directions, but mostly for reading BEFORE the trip.

- let user select rectangle areas on the map for printing, this could
include major exchanges and tricky parts of the route, the printing
resolution depends on the user's selection.