Comments on: 2 fantastic alternatives to Mapquest maps http://helpmerick.com/2-fantastic-alternatives-to-mapquest-maps.htm Easy to understand computer help Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:06:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Anonymous http://helpmerick.com/2-fantastic-alternatives-to-mapquest-maps.htm/comment-page-#comment-3271 Anonymous Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://helpmerick.com/wordpr/?p=2069#comment-3271 "Their innovation and improvements seemed to stop around the same time AOL bought them." I find that shocking because, as we all know, AOL has long been synonymous with innovation and improvement. (Synonymous means "opposed to", right?) “Their innovation and improvements seemed to stop around the same time AOL bought them.”

I find that shocking because, as we all know, AOL has long been synonymous with innovation and improvement.

(Synonymous means “opposed to”, right?)

]]> By: Anonymous http://helpmerick.com/2-fantastic-alternatives-to-mapquest-maps.htm/comment-page-#comment-3272 Anonymous Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://helpmerick.com/wordpr/?p=2069#comment-3272 I don't think you should count MapQuest out - you haven't taken a look at the what MapQuest now has to offer - which includes a Free Edition for developers to get started. What I love most about MapQuest is the Flash/Flex API - wish the others would provide that. With the API you get great searching functions including polygon searching using the Overlays, corridor searching along a route. You also get the great routing routines so you can use the API to optimize multi-point routes - route matrix which can present you with a table collection of routes so you can do what-if scenarios with you trip planning. The Beta version of 5.3 includes a zoom out to a spinning globe view. Anyway I know MapQuest is the big guy everyone wants to hate, Google has been free for a while but it's pretty weak in the features out of the box compared to MapQuest. I don’t think you should count MapQuest out – you haven’t taken a look at the what MapQuest now has to offer – which includes a Free Edition for developers to get started. What I love most about MapQuest is the Flash/Flex API – wish the others would provide that. With the API you get great searching functions including polygon searching using the Overlays, corridor searching along a route. You also get the great routing routines so you can use the API to optimize multi-point routes – route matrix which can present you with a table collection of routes so you can do what-if scenarios with you trip planning. The Beta version of 5.3 includes a zoom out to a spinning globe view. Anyway I know MapQuest is the big guy everyone wants to hate, Google has been free for a while but it’s pretty weak in the features out of the box compared to MapQuest.

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