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Mapquest vs Google Maps

November 14th 2009 21:10
I travel in my line of work almost daily. Unfortunately I have a habit of getting lost and refuse to ask for directions. I have asked Santa for a top of the line GPS for Christmas, but until then I depend heavily on my printed directions. For me there has never been a choice before as my company requires me to submit a Mapquest printout to get reimbursed for my mileage. I can use whatever service I like, but for simplicity have always went with Mapquest. Recently though, I have been reading a lot about how many more bells and whistles Google offers (like street views to help with turn by turn directions) While I really like the satellite imagery, I've found that Google's maps are at the least confusing and in many instances wrong. The biggest error that I have found with Google's map is that they will have you looking for a turn that never materializes. (eg. turn right to stay on hwy 1 when you don't have to ever turn)





If you want to try both directions without printing out two separate directions, check out www.mapvsmap.com Its a neat site that shows Google and Mapquest side by side.




Bottom line: I'll stick with Mapquest for now. All the bells and whistles won't matter if your directions get you lost.



For an example check out a sample route that I made this week. Notice the difference in the Hwy 30 route. I never had to turn to stay on this highway.

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Comment by jkund17

November 23rd 2009 22:05


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Hey I recently heard that Aol was going to shut down map quest to cut costs. Because of their braking away from Time Warne some time before 2010. So use it while u can..but ehh..I just use the gps on my phone..It makes things a lot easier anyway.....

Comment by Anonymous

July 24th 2010 17:18
I used to use mapquest then later tried googlemap when it was out. I always get lost on my freeway with googlemap. Switched back to mapquest.

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