Google Maps vs the Rest 242
Andrew writes "Shortflip.com has an interesting article on the history, present, and future of 3D satellite imaging applications. Obviously they focus on Google Maps, but they make a good case for Google's competitors, although it's hard to imagine anyone being able to challenge Google's market share in the near future. Emphasis is on user features, map accuracy, and future technology."
Google maps is the best... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Google maps is the best... (Score:2)
Re:Google maps is the best... (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:Google maps is the best... (Score:2)
Seriously? On what grounds? Trademark? For what it's worth, I saw it on YouTube
Re:Google maps is the best... (Score:2)
Nevermind... NBC owns SNL...
Re:Google maps is the best... (Score:2)
Google for the images... Anything else for a map.. (Score:3, Insightful)
Luckily, I know Montreal Streets a little, so I can judge the value of the directions given. And Google never makes the mark for me (almost never the most efficient road.)
However, if I want to see interesting pictures, Google Map/Earth is the best thing I know.
Re:Google for the images... Anything else for a ma (Score:2)
Re:Google for the images... Anything else for a ma (Score:2)
Re:Google for the images... Anything else for a ma (Score:2)
I just put in my pre-order!
Re:Google for the images... Anything else for a ma (Score:2)
Re:direct comparison of Google, Yahoo and MS (Score:2)
Re:Google maps is the best... (Score:2)
invite rush kekeke
I like the "rest" (Score:5, Interesting)
(This isn't an aim at advertising. It's just my opinion because I tried the rest.)
Re:I like the "rest" (Score:3, Interesting)
I like the application of Zillow for how it interacts with the home value, surrounding values and the mapping data. Now we just need to see if the braniacs at Google pick up the idea.
Re:I like the "rest" (Score:4, Informative)
It also uses more outdated photos.
Re:I like the "rest" (Score:2)
Also, doesn't it just bother you that the entire live site is a complete intentially obvious rip off of googles portal and maps?
Re:I like the "rest" (Score:2)
Google, on the other hand, works great.
Re:I like the "rest" (Score:2)
rofl.
Re:I like the "rest" (Score:2)
Re:I like the "rest" (Score:2)
Re:I like the "rest" (Score:2)
It also provides the closest zoomed in pictures of some major cities with "birds eye view" which is probably the most accurrate and amazing imaging I've seen online.
Unforunately Zillow didn't load any locations for me.
Almost so good, it's scary. (Score:2)
Microsoft's Live Local is truely an exciting picture to see even after using Google Earth/Maps. The "Bird's Eye" view of my own house is a bit dated but very detailed
Re:Almost so good, it's scary. (Score:2)
Re:I like the "rest" (Score:2)
Re:I like the "rest" (Score:2)
For aerial photos, yes, Google is the best I've seen.
On the other hand, for actual map data, MS's offering seems to be considerably better than Google. Last time I checked, Google Maps only covered the US, Canada, UK, Japan, and the area of Italy around Turin. I've only glanced at the MS clone, but it seems to have detailed maps of all of Europe, at least. Which places it considerably higher up the "maturit
Hahaha property values.... (Score:2)
Not to mention, yeh, the images are also several years older than the ones on google.
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Re:I like the "rest" (Score:3, Informative)
Re:I like the "rest" (Score:2)
It looks like w
Re:I like the "rest" (Score:2)
It is a real estate something (Score:2)
http://www.zillow.com/search/Search.z?addrstrthoo
Re:I like the "rest" (Score:2)
Re:is there an Earth outside USA ? (Score:2)
For example, search for "Bulawayo" even when that's the only placename shown in Google Earth doesn't find anywhere of that name. Mapquest at least knows where the city is and shows major roads.
Re:is there an Earth outside USA ? (Score:2)
Having said that I travelled through New Brunswick a few years ago and all I remember were the trees...
Re:is there an Earth outside USA ? (Score:2)
You space nerds and your silly sci fi shows.
Paris, Amsterdam, Berlin? multimap.com (Score:2)
Or check out a few other European locations on the map. I'm sure google will eventually come up with them, the satellite data is there. But for now, www.multimap.com is the best European option online.
Re:I like the "rest" (Score:2)
The Zoom 'feature' sucks too. I guess MS figured that we need to see a 'zoom' so we feel like we are 'zooming'
Other than that and the old images, it's useful and I'm glad to se they're thrown their hat in the ring.
Where was Google five years ago? (Score:2)
Where was Google five years ago? (LOL)
Im still wating.. (Score:2)
If you could do it in movies in the early 90's, you would think by now in 2006 there would be a version we all can use to perve on our naturalist friends.
Just make sure you get good res... (Score:2)
If you can't make out the details... (Score:2)
Here you go... (Score:2)
Lazy Sunday (Score:3, Funny)
Samberg: I prefer Map quest
Parnell: That's a good one too
Samberg: Google maps is the best
Parnell: True dat
Together: DOUBLE TRUE!
Re:Lazy Sunday (Score:2)
Only funny thing on SNL in the last couple of years. Classic...
Lazy Sunday, Moday and Muncie (Score:2)
However, in my way to find it, I found a couple of interesting follow-up responses. Not as good as original, but they do try to capture the flavor of the first.
Original... [gorillamask.net]
West Coast response... [narniarapbattle.com]
Muncie Response... [lazymuncie.com] All mention google maps in some form.
Re:Lazy Sunday (Score:2)
Re:Lazy Sunday (Score:2)
http://media.putfile.com/snlchroniclesrapsnl [putfile.com]
http://media.putfile.com/Lazy-Sunday---Chronicles
s/Maps/Earth/g; (Score:2)
Re:s/Maps/Earth/g; (Score:2)
I know quality of comments is
Google Maps and Europe (Score:2)
So if they want to be the best, they should improve on that area, and include at least Europe on Google Maps.
Re:Google Maps and Europe (Score:2)
http://www.google.ca/local?f=q&hl=en&q=Paris&ll=48
http://local.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&cp=48.85929 4~2.334595&style=h&lvl=9&sp=adr.64%2C%20Opelika%2C %20AL%2036801 [live.com]
Google may not have a
Re:Google Maps and Europe (Score:2)
Live (Score:2)
Re:Live (Score:2)
Google maps is nice, (Score:2)
Re:Google maps is nice, (Score:2)
I love the zoom feature - I find it a lot less kludgy feeling than Google maps.
Cool how it works with the scroll mouse...
Re:Google maps is nice, (Score:2)
Re:Google maps is nice, (Score:2)
No, there was no point to this comment, and I apologize for having written it. I have anger issues.
Re:Google maps is nice, (Score:2)
Waypoints, anyone? (Score:3, Insightful)
By default, you probably want the fastest (hourly) route from A to B.
Sometimes, you want to take the scenic route.
If there's a city on the scenic route, it's often too small to appear in Google's database of place names, and/or you'll have to Google for the ZIP code for East Bumfuck, Mississippi.
Furthermore, the more miles you want to log on the scenic route, the more likely it is that even if you are able to find city/ZIP combinations that correspond to places on the scenic route, the direction-guessing software will still suggest that to drive the 60 miles of scenic winding road between "East Bumfuck, MS" to "West Bumfuck, MS", for example, is to backtrack 5 miles, get on the Interstate, drive 50 miles at 60 mph, until you're 5 miles past your destination, where you backtrack to your destination. (Because 70 miles, 60 of which are at highway speeds, takes less time than 60 miles, all of which are at 25-30 mph.)
So - waypoints. A UI feature in "Directions" to say "add waypoint", such that directions from A to B are be calculated such that you pass through each (arbitrarily) selected waypoint in between.
Re:Waypoints, anyone? (Score:2)
Beat GOOGLE? Easy! (Score:2)
Sites as map24 [map24.com] (Warning JAVA interface) have actual _maps_ for the "rest of the World". That makes me user their services instead of Google.
Rest of the world? (Score:2)
Re:Rest of the world? (Score:2)
Where Y'At, Google? (Score:4, Interesting)
I'd like to see their GUI highlight an entire street for its entire length, just by naming it. And exit numbers on highways. And mass transit route layers, or at least just stops identified.
I know it's free, and it's "Beta". I know their standalone Earth app has lots more features. But they pulled it off with text Web searches. I'd like to love their maps as much as their links.
Re:Where Y'At, Google? (Score:2)
Better Defaults (Score:2)
And I agree with the parent about clicking - there have been many times when I want to say, "Get me
Re:Better Defaults (Score:2)
Time out... when did a shitload become an SI measure of frustration?
Re:Where Y'At, Google? (Score:2)
So it's the ampersand? I had been trying in vain for the last couple of days to convince Google that "and" meant intersection.
Re:Where Y'At, Google? (Score:2)
Re:Where Y'At, Google? (Score:2)
Mapquest (Score:2)
I know Google maps exists, but typing google in the URL brings up http://www.google.com./ [www.google.com]
Typing mapquest in the URL takes me directly to http://www.mapquest.com./ [www.mapquest.com]
They both give me the exact same results, just one gets me there quicker than the other.
Re:Mapquest (Score:2)
Re:Mapquest (Score:2)
Minor rant ahead.. (Score:2)
Market share (Score:2)
I agree that it's extremely hard, and very few humans on this planet can do it, but one tries really hard, it's actually possible to imagine someone beating 9.45% [zdnet.com].
Don't try this at home.
Google has the most coverage (Score:2)
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Google : http://local.google.com/local?f=q&hl=en&q=Deerfoot +Mall+in+Calgary&ll=51.109659,-114.042329&spn=0.00 3287,0.007317&t=k [google.com]
Microsoft : http://local.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&cp=51.04463 2~-114.067612&style=h&lvl=13&sp=adr.64%2C%20Opelik a%2C [live.com]
IMO Microsoft maps totally pwnz0r Google Maps (Score:2)
You can freakin' see Bill Gates there almost.
The "leader"? (Score:2)
Google Maps has the API you can hook into and the neat-o hybrid views, but its ability to properly tell directions is awful. It's happened enough that I know not to rely on it.
MapQuest has great directions but the interface is still a bit 1999; also, it assumes that when you print you want a map the size of a cracker surrounded by ads and whitespace.
Map24 [map24.com] is hands-down my favorite for browsing a site A
msn (Score:2)
Google bought Keyhole, which has been up for years (Score:2)
Er, no. Google bought Keyhole, which has been working for several years now. I've had a paid Keyhole account for years. Google's innovation is giving it away, and offering a more limited version in a standard browser.
The Ultimate Test - Where do I live? (Score:2)
Reason: It's a new development. I've lived here now for about 15 months, construction started about 30 months ago.
maps.google.com - Thinks I am trying to look something up in France.
www.mapquest.com - Places a really nice pushpin right where my house is, but there are no roads there for the development. So that's interesting, graphics out of sync with database.
maps.live.com - It's trying to find something over in a town 10 miles away. A restaurant with a name sound
Virtual Eart is quite good (Score:2)
I know that a lot of folks on
me too. Virtual Earth is much better... (Score:2)
Microsoft, what the hell is wrong with you? Don't you want me to use your system? It's been months.
I started using Virtual Earth at first because mapblast (MS' directions site) is far better than mapquest or anything else for directions. Line drive maps 4 life.
Free map data (Score:2)
maps.a9.com has STREET level views (Score:2)
http://maps.a9.com/?ypLoc=6975%20Hollywood%20Boul
Map24 (Score:2)
Re:Why? (Score:2)
(Shameless plug: I use it here [theportlandscene.com])
Re:Why? (Score:2)
I know that little fact isn't good for Google's market penetration, but after the joy of seeing Microsoft flood the market with non-standard tags and otherwise screwing with every other browser on the market, I just find this bit... refreshing.
Re:Why? (Score:2)
Re:Why? (Score:2)
Re:Good article (Score:2)
Where is your Linux version?
Re:Google maps is a big let down (Score:2)
Re:Google maps is a big let down (Score:2)
Re:Google maps is a big let down (Score:2)
Oh no! The terriorists have won.
Re:Google maps is a big let down (Score:2)
Re:Google maps is a big let down (Score:2)
Did you try, say, "The white house in washington, DC"?
First link has the address and the phone number.
Mod DOWN:Actually, i prefer this mapping software: (Score:2)
Moderate down.
Re:Microsoft? (Score:2)
"Gee, New York's sattellite imagery is black and white and we don't even have imagery for outside of the US. Google has us beat hands down. Let's take some aerial photographs from a plane, inside the US! That'll make our service way better than theirs!!!!"
Pretty sad when Microsoft can't even see downtown in most Canadian citie
Re:real work or play (Score:2)
Oh, and when I went to go look at another house, I had someone drive me. Mapquest's directions led us to a dead-end and we ended up being 15 minutes late because of the stup