Thursday, August 03, 2006

Yahoo maps beta released - feature rich

Google maps and mapquest, now seems all old school after the release of yahoo maps beta. Yahoo has come up with some really nice features. Competition has now become more stiff between rival companies. Here's a short comparision list.

Maps compared

Yahoo maps beta

Google Maps

Mapquest

Data

Navteq and TeleAtlas

Navteq

TeleAtlas

Technology

Flash/Flex

Ajax

Traditional

Drive from/Drive to

Yes

No

No

Multiple stop points

Yes

No

Yes

Categorized classifieds

Yes

No

No

Satellite

Yes

Yes

No

Reverse direction

Yes

Yes

Yes

Round trip

Yes

No

No

Points of interest

Yes

No

No

Send to cell phone

Yes

No

Yes

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

no, mapquest uses navteq data.

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