terratogen wrote:
] The satellite feature is pretty neat.

It sure is.. I was disappointed when MapQuest removed a similar feature. Google Maps is going to eat them alive.

Check this out.

Rattle wrote:
] terratogen wrote:
] ] The satellite feature is pretty neat.
]
] It sure is.. I was disappointed when MapQuest removed a
] similar feature. Google Maps is going to eat them alive.
]
] Check this out.

Don't get me started on CRAPquest... they started out pretty good, only getting exact directions wrong (for me) about 1 out of 20 queries. Now its really a crapshoot with them, (hence the reason I now call them CRAPquest).

Don't get me wrong - I love Google, but I watch as they continue to grow and bury their competition in what seems like most areas they touch - affiliate advertising programs, USEnet (ever wonder what happened to Dejanews? Its now called groups.google.com) now this...

I can't help but wonder how much longer they will be allowed to steam roll before those 2 words "anti trust" start to buzz around?

LB

Laughing Boy wrote:
] Rattle wrote:
] ] terratogen wrote:
] ] ] The satellite feature is pretty neat.
] ]
] ] It sure is.. I was disappointed when MapQuest removed a
] ] similar feature. Google Maps is going to eat them alive.
] ]
] ] Check this out.
]
] Don't get me started on CRAPquest... they started out pretty
] good, only getting exact directions wrong (for me) about 1 out
] of 20 queries. Now its really a crapshoot with them, (hence
] the reason I now call them CRAPquest).
]
] Don't get me wrong - I love Google, but I watch as they
] continue to grow and bury their competition in what seems like
] most areas they touch - affiliate advertising programs, USEnet
] (ever wonder what happened to Dejanews? Its now called
] groups.google.com) now this...
]
] I can't help but wonder how much longer they will be allowed
] to steam roll before those 2 words "anti trust" start to buzz
] around?
]
] LB

Sometimes they give you a map... The rest of the time, they give you a quest.

terratogen wrote:
] The satellite feature is pretty neat.

The directions feature is nice too, and it's a huge relief to be able to request directions by just typing in a single line search box. I'd been getting really annoyed with Mapquest's interface... Like I would type an address at "St. Louis, MO", and I'd get back this big yellow exclamation point with "Did not find this exact address, but found one very similar: 'Saint Louis, MO'", and ask me to hit the button again. Or it would get upset that I typed "Lane" instead of "Ln". Really irritating.

I still have a few other of my more obscure direction requests to check on Google Maps, but so far it looks much superior to Mapquest. And I *really* love the click and drag feature!

] I still have a few other of my more obscure direction requests
] to check on Google Maps, but so far it looks much superior to
] Mapquest.

I would be interested in where they get their giant "roads" map. Both Map quest and Google Maps give the wrong directions to a company I am consulting for.

I'd be very interested in scaling and performance issues too. How do you deal with such a large undirected graph? I assume the costs between nodes are distances, but wouldn't it be better if the congestion/num of traffic lights factored in?

They need a SMS frontend to Google Maps! That way if I amn lost, I just message them a street name (or better yet a picture of a street sign), and they give me a map/directions!