Google Maps vs Mapquest.com
These days locating places is as easy as clicking away on your mouse. You can even get an up-to-the-minute digital satellite image of the place you choose to view. And that’s not all, there is even step-by-step instructions on how you can get to the place you want to go to from where you currently are. Like everything these days, locating places and getting directions is just a click away.
Two of the most widely used web services when it comes to location and maps are Google Maps and Mapqest.com. These two are the forerunners when it comes to location and map technology, and both provide valuable information when it comes to locating whatever it is that you are searching for. Let’s get to know these two and see how similar they are and in what areas they differ.
Obviously more popular, Google Maps is Google’s own map and location web tool. It offers the latest technology in terms of geo-location and map searches as it boasts of live links with satellites. With Google Maps, you can type in the location you are searching for on the search bar and you will be given a list of results that you can view with the corresponding map. You can be as vague as you can and Google Maps can come up with a number of places that could possibly match your search. With the map, you can freely navigate around it, drag it around to find the location you want or zoom in for a closer look. You can even change the type of view, topography, street, graphic map, or a combination of the three. The great thing about Google Map is that it is designed to be user-friendly.
Mapquest.com, on the other hand, is owned by America Online Inc., which started out as a road map provider for gas stations. The company provided maps in print. Although it has been in operation for more than 30 years, it was only a couple of years since they have started services online. It works pretty much like Google Maps in which it allows for users to search for addresses, locations, or maps, and come up with results that can be seen in their map. The view type can also be chosen, but it is more dedicated to their original business – road maps. It also provides detailed instructions on how to get to the destination that you are searching for, as well as nearby places.
The only difference between these two map tools are the emerging technologies that they are using – of which the differences are getting smaller and smaller.
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