The New York Times Chimes In on Web Mapping Sites

location based services

The NYT leads its Monday Technology article with a comparison of the three major mapping portals -- Google Maps, Yahoo! Maps and MapQuest.


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"But today, Google Maps still does not offer some of the pedestrian conveniences of Yahoo Maps and MapQuest from AOL. For example, it does not remember addresses, so users need to tell it where they live every time they want driving directions."