• We’re currently investigating an issue related to the forum theme and styling that is impacting page layout and visual formatting. The problem has been identified, and we are actively working on a resolution. There is no impact to user data or functionality, this is strictly a front-end display issue. We’ll post an update once the fix has been deployed. Thanks for your patience while we get this sorted.

Google Map Killer

Page 2 - Seeking answers? Join the AnandTech community: where nearly half-a-million members share solutions and discuss the latest tech.
It seems like every map program gets my house in the wrong location, my house is 5 houses down from where they claim it is. Also like google the arial is out of date.
 
Originally posted by: aphex
The maps themselves are older than google.

My street dosent even show up on this one and its been there for 2 years.
Click to expand...

For my area it is same map, a map over 5 years old.
 
Originally posted by: DVK916
Originally posted by: aphex
The maps themselves are older than google.

My street dosent even show up on this one and its been there for 2 years.
Click to expand...

For my area it is same map, a map over 5 years old.
Click to expand...



In the just renamed my street by my camop in maine and it showed up... also the road the built last winter. Overall i have a lot of potential google world still rocks it though
 
Another plus for Microsoft map is they have an aerial of Davis, CA and my school UCD. Google has no aerial of Davis, Ca.
 
Originally posted by: CKDragon
I don't like that I can't seemlessly pan from one picture to the next. I'm not crazy about it.

2 advantages so far:
-Obviously the bird's-eye-view pics are closer/clearer
-Pics seem more recent, at least I can tell that the pic of my campus in Philadelphia was taken last winter.

I'm not liking the interface much, though.
Click to expand...

agreed
 
I love these 5 year old maps. Geesh, my house was built 3 years ago and it's still not on there. That may actually be a good thing.
 
It's got one-way streets marked properly in my town, I like that. No other map service has figured that out yet.

No birds eye for my area, though.
 
Originally posted by: DVK916
It seems like every map program gets my house in the wrong location, my house is 5 houses down from where they claim it is. Also like google the arial is out of date.
Click to expand...

Well if anyone gets "whacked" 5 houses down, count your blessing because it was meant for you.

 
The aerial photos are the same quality as google's and the Birds Eye view photos, though incredibly cool, is VERY limited. They don't even have them for Chicago.
 
Use the 'Locate Me" link and see how accurate it is. I'm at work and it pegged me in Chicago. That's sort of close but we're actually up west of Milwaukee, WI.
 
Originally posted by: FrankyJunior
Use the 'Locate Me" link and see how accurate it is. I'm at work and it pegged me in Chicago. That's sort of close but we're actually up west of Milwaukee, WI.
Click to expand...

It's very accurate though when you're using a wireless connection. Not very accurate with a desktop.
 
Nice.

Competition's a good thing. In the case of maps, Google had clearly raised the bar and now some of their biggest competitors (Yahoo and Microsoft) have both responded in kind. Neither of their new offerings are perfect and both are still in beta. But they're definitely much stronger competitors once again. I like the overlay options on Yahoo's and the fact that Microsofts had some of the 'newer' streets around me correct that Google still doesn't show yet.
 
HOLY CRAP. Just checked TaskManager... this thing pushed Firefox to use 1,183,764 MB of RAM. I'm sure there's enough fault to go around between FF and MS, but wow.

CK

NOTE: I just noticed that if I leave the browser completely idle it seems to jump a meg every 20 seconds or so. I've got 2GB of RAM, by the way.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

Back
Top