I suspect the Google Maps engineer who wrote the map scaling code was drunkpic.twitter.com/wxQWz66wl3
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Depending on which bus route you select, the map will usually scale to show you half the route which means you always have to pinch and zoom yourself
Got it! Yeah seems awkward and unnecessary.
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