New Tracker

Calm down folks ;) I thought the same with regard to tracking associated to poke-stops only..but I saw multiple tracking with the location on a very rural road. The image on tracking was just the shrubs and Woods(likely from Google maps). It is also near a large body of water, so I assume this is in a fact a "habitat".

Doesn't seem to affect me at all. Still have to drive to see anything.

I hate it. Ruined the game for me. Small city, no stops near me so now I see nothing. Used to go hunt down interesting mon that I would see on the nearby but that is done.

At present it is limited to showing you Mons that are near particular pokestops.
Chick on the mon it show an expanded view click on feet and it show you how to navigate to that stop.
So the effectiveness depends on whether there is a mon you want near a particular stop and how easily you can get to that stop.
As I get used to it, it may come in useful in some circumstances.
I think it is a step in the right direction, but they need something for closeby mon, not necessarily near a Pokestop.
I think they need to work to improve it rather than discard it.