Comments on: MapQuest keeps trying, but still can’t get it quite right

By: Zeyne Graye

Zeyne Graye — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 07:15:46 +0000

The idea that a plain old MAP, which I can’t get from”the big boys” without jumping through 3,000 of their hoops, is a necessarily lesser accomplishment for a good MAP website drew a gasp and a gargle from this old MAPster. WTF, if you’ll pardon my asking? I’m not usually looking for “Live Traffic.” I usually just want a MAP of a city or a country or a region or a continent. And sometimes MAPquest is the one place that will show you a MAP without insisting you ask them how to get from 2173 West Livingston to 1896 Cloud Cuckoo Boulevard by way of the best Chinese laundry in East Jerusalem. Has anybody else had a similarly complex experience while looking for one quick, simple online MAP to clear up a question only a good MAP can answer?

By: Joan L.

Joan L. — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 02:05:59 +0000

The directions to our church on Mapquest are not correct. (By a few blocks) Who do we contact to correct this???? The church is St. Matthew Presbyterian Church located at 2217 Highgrove Road, Grandview, MO 64030. Whenever we have a funeral or wedding we have numerous calls because people have been misdirected and are lost…Please let us know how to correct this error. (We are located right across the street – on the south side of Highgrove- from the Grandview Senior High School. I look forward to hearing from you.

By: mickey

mickey — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 23:44:30 +0000

Matt – Thanks for the feedback. I just lightened the text a little bit. Better?

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 21:35:58 +0000

By the way, just thought I’d mention that the dark text on black background is very difficult to read on your blog.

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 21:34:00 +0000

It’s hard to determine who has better traffic data. I use cell phone for traffic all the time also. I use combination of Google, Microsoft and Yahoo mobile traffic products. Always amazes me how much the data provided by the 3 services vary from each other. Two will show stretch of road as green, one will show as red, and vice versa. I’ve never been able to figure out which one is correct more often. Seems to be a tossup.

Point is you can’t just look at the coverage. You also need to compare accuracy.

By: mickey

mickey — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 02:07:50 +0000

My mistake. Their product certainly compares to GMM. However, it has two major shortcomings:

- Cost. It’s $50/year, while GMM is free.
- Availability. GMM works on a lot of different phones, while the MapQuest app only works on 16 models right now. I use a Nokia N95, a very powerful phone, and I couldn’t run the MapQuest app on it even if I wanted to pay for it.

That being said, I’ll edit the post to give the info about MapQuest Navigator, as it is certainly worth mentioning.

By: Jamie

Jamie — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 01:51:34 +0000

Mickey — MapQuest has a BETTER mobile product than Google Maps Mobile. Have you tried MapQuest Navigator?

http://www.mapquest.com/mobile