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Best Online Mapping Site?

Posted by timothy on from the interfacing-with-the-real-world dept.

bbulzibar asks: "I've been using MapQuest most of my life, but now as my mind is slowly expanding, I want to see if Yahoo! Maps is a better service for driving directions. According to one article I have read, Yahoo! is better at displaying maps, but what about calculating directions? Does anyone have any experience with differences? For example, Yahoo! and MapQuest give differing routes to go from Bloomington, IN to Madison, WI." I particularly like MapBlast's "Line Drive" direction style -- what's your favorite online mapping software?

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  1. Seriously?! by NoData · · Score: 5, Funny

    "I've been using MapQuest most of my life,

    HOLY SHIT do I feel old.

  2. An alternative service by NearlyHeadless · · Score: 5, Funny

    Not for the U.S., but check this out.

  3. Don't visit Rhode Island! by MarcQuadra · · Score: 4, Funny

    Don't visit Rhode Island unless you want directions like:

    "Go up this street to where the jewlery store burned down, take a left onto 6 and get off near where the old onramp used to be, then head towards Fort Thunder, which is now a Stop and Shop"

    Seriously, that's how we give directions here. I didn't believe it until I caught myself doing it.

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  4. Re:Security issues with MapQuest by ruiner13 · · Score: 3, Funny
    "MapQuest has some security issues, and I wouldn't recommend using it without cookies turned off or blocked. "

    Oh no! They'll find out the quickest path between all the porn and bong shops in the Indianapolis metro area! The horrors!

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