Comments on: Online Map Providers: Oh the Places You’ll Go

By: Google map mashup

Google map mashup — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 14:20:15 +0000

this is a new site about local travel with a few very unique and excellent features. It worths checking it out.

By: Maponics

Maponics — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 16:26:52 +0000

http://www.maporama.com is a great site for U.S. cities, although they do not handle rural queries as well. They do have nice aesthetics. And their mapping for Europe is fantastic.

There is quite a bit of overlap in where each online mapping service mentioned here gets its map data from:
Google Maps - Navteq
Yahoo - Navteq/TeleAtlas
Mapquest - Navteq
Rand McNally - TeleAtlas North America, Rand McNally and Navteq

By: gps地图

gps地图 — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 01:24:19 +0000

# The ease of transitioning between maps and directions at both Yahoo and MapQuest’s offerings is encouraging people to do both. At these two services percentage of visitors performing either type of query is above 50%, indicating overlap in the two types of queries (at least one in a month).http://www.map5.cn/map/
# At the opposite end of the spectrum, RandMcNally.com appears to be attracting primarily travelers, as it skews heavily towards queries for directions.

By: Red Rooster

Red Rooster — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 16:49:29 +0000

MapQuest is terrible. I would honestly have an easier time getting around with a snickers bar, a roll of tape and McGuyver’s pager number.

I know Google avoids mass marketing campaigns, but they really need to let people know about Google Maps. The service is an absolute life saver….