Google Maps!
Feb 9, 2005 | 8:57 am
#17
Join Date: Feb 2000
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keyhole
Originally Posted by ScottC
Amazing. Google introduces something that'll kick the pants off Mappoint and all the other crappy services out there.
This rocks, and explains why they puchased Keyspan last year.
Can't wait till they integrate maps into their search engine.
This rocks, and explains why they puchased Keyspan last year.
Can't wait till they integrate maps into their search engine.
I think it was keyhole
Feb 9, 2005 | 10:17 am
#18
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: ORD
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I use mapping software a lot for work as well as for making travel plans. I love the look of the Google map and how it works. But I've noticed one limitation already: you can't copy a map and pasted it into another application such as an email or a Word document. At least with Microsoft Streets and Trips, you can copy and paste maps; the copyright notice appears automatically at the bottom of whatever map you paste.
Feb 9, 2005 | 10:28 am
#19
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Erie, CO USA
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Originally Posted by cubbie
I love the look of the Google map and how it works.
Also, in experimenting, I searched for restaurants in my zip code. There were many which did not appear, and the locations it showed on the map for those it listed (that I checked) were at least several blocks.
Feb 9, 2005 | 10:32 am
#20
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Menlo Park, CA, USA
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hoping
I am HOPING that this may be the new look of NAVTEQ maps, I'll see what I can find out, this format, really just colors and fonts, is WAY better than anything they have out now.
Feb 9, 2005 | 10:46 am
#21
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While the interface is very cool and certainly an improvement over Mapquest et al, I question some of the driving directions.
They don't seem to be the quickest/ most efficient way of getting there.
For example, I typed in Chicago to Seattle and it routes you through North Dakota
!! That makes no sense. You can just take I-90 all the way.
Also did Chicago to Ft Wayne, Indiana and I question that routing as well. This program definitely seems to ignore the rule of "shortest distance between two points is a straight line", rather it seems to favor the Interstate highways....
Just my 2 cents (if it's even worth THAT much
)
They don't seem to be the quickest/ most efficient way of getting there.
For example, I typed in Chicago to Seattle and it routes you through North Dakota
!! That makes no sense. You can just take I-90 all the way. Also did Chicago to Ft Wayne, Indiana and I question that routing as well. This program definitely seems to ignore the rule of "shortest distance between two points is a straight line", rather it seems to favor the Interstate highways....
Just my 2 cents (if it's even worth THAT much
)
Feb 9, 2005 | 11:32 am
#22
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: SFO/OAK
Posts: 144
Originally Posted by g_leyser
For example, I typed in Chicago to Seattle and it routes you through North Dakota !! That makes no sense. You can just take I-90 all the way.
!! That makes no sense. You can just take I-90 all the way. What's the mileage on the I-90 route vs. the route they give you? Perhaps they give perference based on actual mileage or average speed or some other metric.
Feb 9, 2005 | 11:34 am
#23
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: CLE
Posts: 9,816
I checked the route from my house to my parents and it was, well, interesting to say the least. Perhaps it might have been shortest in distance but certainly not shortest in time. However, I do think this is a great start!
Feb 10, 2005 | 5:28 am
#25
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Feb 10, 2005 | 11:14 am
#26
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Originally Posted by alanw
Country (long form) United States of America
Capital Washington, DC
Total Area 3,717,812.82 sq mi
(about one-half the size of Russia; about three-tenths the size of Africa; about one-half the size of South America (or slightly larger than Brazil); slightly larger than China; about two and one-half times the size of Western Europe
Population 278,058,881 (July 2001 est.)
Capital Washington, DC
Total Area 3,717,812.82 sq mi
(about one-half the size of Russia; about three-tenths the size of Africa; about one-half the size of South America (or slightly larger than Brazil); slightly larger than China; about two and one-half times the size of Western Europe
Population 278,058,881 (July 2001 est.)
Country (long form) Kingdom of Spain
Capital Madrid
Total Area 194,897.42 sq mi
(slightly more than twice the size of Oregon)
Population 40,037,995 (July 2001 est.)
Capital Madrid
Total Area 194,897.42 sq mi
(slightly more than twice the size of Oregon)
Population 40,037,995 (July 2001 est.)
It's a whole lot easier to capture the information from such a small country
Feb 10, 2005 | 3:55 pm
#28
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Originally Posted by alanw
