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Feb 8, 2005 | 11:54 am

ben1979

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Google Maps!

http://maps.google.com/

what? a web-based mapping tool that's also speedy???

i'm sold! ^ ^ ^

Feb 8, 2005 | 12:35 pm

jumpmonger23

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wow, very impressive.

slider to zoom, keyboard shortcuts to pan without the page being reloaded, major streets highlighted in yellow, and local results when you want them too, very nice.

oh, and pretty fast too.

Feb 8, 2005 | 12:44 pm

Kiwi Flyer

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Is it US only? I tried several places (NZ, Aust, Europe) but error'ed each time.

Feb 8, 2005 | 12:46 pm

MrFurious

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It's just US only.

Feb 8, 2005 | 12:51 pm

ScottC

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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.

Feb 8, 2005 | 12:59 pm

jumpmonger23

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The only other thing it's missing is real time traffic like Yahoo! maps...otherwise it seems like it trumps the others for US mapping.

Feb 8, 2005 | 1:04 pm

ohbahsan

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Quote:

Originally Posted by MrFurious

It's just US only.

actually it works for Canada too. this is absolutely the coolest technology i've seen yet.
you can move the map by dragging it, you can get directions from the airport to the hotel by just tying in the airport code and the hotel name. now how awesome is that.

Feb 8, 2005 | 1:09 pm

p1cunnin

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Quote:

Originally Posted by MrFurious

It's just US only.

I was able to get maps of a number of Canadian cities.

Awesome search engine, although they need a "clear results" link some place in there... but going back to the home page works just as well.

Feb 8, 2005 | 1:22 pm

dhuey

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Wow! Yahoo Maps was already pretty good, but this is a big improvement.

Feb 8, 2005 | 2:11 pm

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MBM3

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pretty cool stuff!

Feb 8, 2005 | 2:27 pm

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dodo

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Pretty cool

Been searching for locations since I got it at lunch time.
I can even pin-point streets and addresses in some new development.
Adios to the other map engines.

Feb 8, 2005 | 2:28 pm

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jfe

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My address is not there yet

Feb 8, 2005 | 2:48 pm

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jerry a. laska

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Very cool!

Feb 8, 2005 | 3:09 pm

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cordelli

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Doesn't work on one of my machines, map comes up but no indicator where on the map it is, no slider, etc. On the other it works fine.

All the other mapping softwares work fine on the one google doesnt' work on, so they may want to fix that.