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December 14, 2003
For an article I'm writing, I'm looking for sites that provide driving directions. They should either be major and obvious, such as Mapquest, Rand McNally and MapPoint or they should be really interesting. I'm interested in general mass market mapping sites, also. Any suggestions? Posted
by D. Weinberger at December 14, 2003 10:28 AM
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http://maps.yahoo.com using http://www.navtech.com/
Posted by: Hanan Cohen | December 14, 2003 10:47 AM
http://streetmap.co.uk/ is excellent for the UK - uses Ordnance Survey maps
Posted by: Euan Semple | December 14, 2003 10:56 AM
route.web.de allows you to enter your addresses and search on several engines in germany.
Posted by: Oliver Thylmann | December 14, 2003 11:12 AM
www.mapsonus.com does a good job of providing driving directions.
Posted by: ralph | December 14, 2003 11:13 AM
AAA's regional websites offer the ability to make your own Internet TripTik -- an online version of their famous spiral-bound maps.
While you're at it, right about how hard it is to plan a road trip online.
Posted by: peterme | December 14, 2003 12:48 PM
What I want is cycling and walking directions - optimise for short distance, low traffic and flat routes. Driving direction sites always suck you into freeways which are a really bad idea for bicycles.
Posted by: Kevin Marks | December 14, 2003 06:45 PM
I find http://www.multimap.com is really good.
Posted by: SEO-Dave | December 16, 2003 10:56 PM
I agree - http://www.multimap.com is pretty good
Posted by: Jeff | December 22, 2003 09:44 PM
i agree with peterme....i need freeway-free directions. bike and freeways don't mix.
Posted by: Danielle | June 6, 2004 04:42 AM
i meant..i agree with kevin marks. oops
Posted by: Anonymous | June 6, 2004 04:42 AM
If anyone has any ideas for a site that provides freeway free directions. I am a new driver and prefer not to use the freeways, but every site I go to Takes me directly on to them. If anyone has any ideas Please send me an email.
THANKS
Posted by: Lauren | August 3, 2004 05:01 PM
map quest is a terrible site . We get lost usung there directions almost every time. Thanks to two new ideas multimap and mapsonus that your other writers suggested
Posted by: bunny | August 25, 2005 06:37 PM
Wow! What a concept. Road directions for cyclists and walkers! That would be awesome. I have read on one of the bike forums that someone at Mapquest was working on something like this. I just hope it's better than the current Mapquest. IT SUCKS!
RandMcNally seems a little better.....if you drive.
Posted by: Jerry H | September 16, 2005 09:30 AM
Mapquest has the "avoid-highways" option now. It helped me plan a 100-mile "century" cycle that I'm about to do.
I found your blog page here on Google while I was looking for a mapping page to help me plan the cycle.
So, I just wanted to say that Mapquest is the best cycle planner now. You can even add additional stopping points using "build your route" (like the new yahoomaps beta). Mapquest wins for directions for non-driving trips.
Posted by: Brian LaLonde | July 18, 2006 11:19 AM
www.mapjack.com has online map service and location finder in San Francisco showing street-level (street side) pictures of every city street and can search for businesses and actually see the front of the business.
Posted by: John Trev | August 29, 2007 01:05 AM