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 Mark
      
Very Noble Donor
Location: South Carolina
Gender: Male
What is a lion, king of the savannah, when hes at the south pole?
 |  | Google's new mapping system
< on 2/9/2005 9:15 AM >
|  | | | http://maps.google.com/ Google maps offers maps, driving directions and the ability to search for local businesses.
The service offers a few tweaks to standard mapping products. Someone using the service can click and drag the maps, instead of having to click and reload, for example, and magnified views of specific spots pop up in bubbles. The new map service supports Internet Explorer and Mozilla browsers. It covers the United States, Puerto Rico and parts of Canada.
The user interface is clean and uncluttered, and the maps are high quality. The click-and-drag feature is really useful.
You can get driving directions simply by typing a city, airport code, or zip code (such as "Chicago to Milwaukee" or "LAX to 90210"). It also combines forces with Google Local to provide you with a list of businesses near your destination if you want to see those options.
Needless to say this could be very useful for UEing in new places etc.
[spellcheck in aisle three... fixed. -MacG]
[last edit 2/9/2005 9:18 AM by MacGyver - edited 1 times]
"If the threat level goes up its probably because of me." "I am looking for a girl who enjoys headbutting beltbuckles" |
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DownsideuP
Location: Tampa Bay
Gender: Male
"?" -Me
| | Re: Google's new mapping system
<Reply # 1 on 2/9/2005 1:28 PM >
| | | | Thanks for the great info. I was getting a little tired of mapquest.
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Chainsaw
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Location: Underground, Colorado
Gender: Male
| |  | Re: Google's new mapping system
<Reply # 2 on 2/9/2005 1:52 PM >
| | | | Yeah, I tried out maps beta - head and shoulders above mapquest, if only they would include ariel/sat photos...
Quid latine dictum sit, altum sonatur.
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MacGyver
Location: St Paul, Minnesota
Gender: Male
"Someone go find me a paperclip, a D-cell battery, and a cheese grater"
| | Re: Google's new mapping system
<Reply # 3 on 2/9/2005 2:41 PM >
| | | | Yay!
No more crapquest for me. 
Like a fiend with his dope / a drunkard his wine / a man will have lust for the lure of the mine
"If you are not part of the solution, you are not dissolved in the solvent." |
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The Hitman's Daughter
Account Closed
Location: ottawa, canada
Gender: Female
hot pavement.
| | | Re: Google's new mapping system
<Reply # 4 on 2/9/2005 3:42 PM >
| | | | cool, i'd like to see how well this works out in the future. It seems to be a lot easier than mapquest.
richellesart.com
From now on and until the end of time, "Hip To Be Square" will conjure images of bloody bodies being hacked apart with axes.
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Servo
| | Re: Google's new mapping system
<Reply # 5 on 2/9/2005 4:30 PM >
| | | | Whoa, that kicks Mapquest's ass handily. It'll have to prove itself on actual directions, but it already wins on interface.
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ofberenonehand
Location: Minn-e-snow-ta
"Where now is Boromir the Fair? He tarries and I grieve."
| | Re: Google's new mapping system
<Reply # 6 on 2/9/2005 5:15 PM >
| | | | Wow, that's so much better than the crap I usually use. I can actually read the map!
It's pathetic. I drive a lot for work and when I need directions I always print from both mapquest.com and maps.yahoo.com knowing that at least one of them will probably be wrong.
"That's What Government Is For; To Get In A Man's Way" -Mal |
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The Hitman's Daughter
Account Closed
Location: ottawa, canada
Gender: Female
hot pavement.
| | | Re: Google's new mapping system
<Reply # 7 on 2/9/2005 5:33 PM >
| | | | I'm loving the click-and-drag function.
richellesart.com
From now on and until the end of time, "Hip To Be Square" will conjure images of bloody bodies being hacked apart with axes.
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DjMalign
Location: Fort Collins, CO
Gender: Male
Sexy, sexy, sexy
| | | Re: Google's new mapping system
<Reply # 8 on 2/9/2005 9:25 PM >
|  | | | Nice. Thanks Mark. This is much better than mapquest or maps.com
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Louie
| | | Re: Google's new mapping system
<Reply # 9 on 2/9/2005 9:35 PM >
| | | | Now all we need is GooGIS and Terragle and were set.
[last edit 2/9/2005 9:35 PM by Louie - edited 1 times]
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dev
Passed away September 23rd, 2006.
| | Re: Google's new mapping system
<Reply # 10 on 2/9/2005 11:59 PM >
| | | | Posted by fatLouie
Now all we need is GooGIS and Terragle and were set.
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Actually, Google already acquired Keyhole... so I'm sure it's in the works.
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PAWolf
Not from Pennsylvania
Location: KCMO
Gender: Male
We haven't located us yet.
| |  |  | | Re: Google's new mapping system
<Reply # 11 on 2/10/2005 12:47 AM >
| | | | Beware. The google maps have TONS of mislabeled highways and roads. I was looking last night and found the amish communities driveway is labeled as Missouri Hwy Y while Hwy Y is labeled Street 126 or some such nonsense. Not to mention the fact that some of the atv trails on my families land show up as public roads.
-pawolf
Make Beer, Not War. |
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Mark
Very Noble Donor
Location: South Carolina
Gender: Male
What is a lion, king of the savannah, when hes at the south pole?
| | Re: Google's new mapping system
<Reply # 12 on 2/10/2005 1:56 AM >
| | | | Yeah I think a lot of the road info is still being updated. I saw some updates within a day. We shall see soon.
"If the threat level goes up its probably because of me." "I am looking for a girl who enjoys headbutting beltbuckles" |
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PAWolf
Not from Pennsylvania
Location: KCMO
Gender: Male
We haven't located us yet.
| | | | | Re: Google's new mapping system
<Reply # 13 on 2/10/2005 3:29 AM >
| | | | When they get the bugs worked out I think it'll be the best map source on the net.
Make Beer, Not War. |
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