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Bing releases iPhone app with nice Maps implementation

December 16, 2009

Microsoft just released the “Bing” application for iPhone and it is a solid effort.  It was voice search that is similar to the Google app, and Maps implementation that is similar to Google Maps on the phone.
It’s a free app, so it’s certainly worth downloading and trying out.  Chris Pendleton has a nice writeup of [...]

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Improved traffic info on Google Maps: See the side streets and contribute

August 25, 2009

Google has just announced that arterial traffic is now available on Google Maps.  I’ve noticed more and more roads showing traffic data over the past few months, but today seems to be the day of the big announcement.  In fact, there are certainly more roads in my area with traffic data, which could be very [...]

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Google Maps can predict traffic conditions

April 17, 2008

As reported by the Google Operating System blog, Google Maps now includes traffic predictions.
Simply pick a day of the week and a time, and Google will color the map to show typical traffic conditions on that day/time.  There are a few oddities I found in it, but it’s a neat idea.  For example, here it [...]

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

March 19, 2008

I’ve been quick to give MapQuest credit for effort, as they’re really trying to catch up the big boys now that their lead is quickly shrinking.
Yesterday they introduced live traffic. It looks very similar to the traffic info on Google Maps, but with more detailed information. The screenshots look pretty nice:

Here’s the problem [...]

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Don’t forget about Google Maps Mobile for traffic info

December 23, 2007

With so many people traveling over the next 10 days, I thought it would be worth reminding you about the excellent Google Maps Mobile.
The searching and directions are neat, but the live traffic is the real killer feature in this product. It saved us a good deal of time yesterday (don’t go down 75 [...]

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More updates to Virtual Earth

October 16, 2007

Microsoft has just released a new version of Live Search Maps (named Gemini), as well as revealed a few more places that were updated in the past few days.
The new version has a lot of cool stuff:

1-Click Directions – Also known as “party maps”, this is a single permalink that you can send out, and [...]

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Real-time traffic now in Google Earth

August 21, 2007

As reported on the Google Latlong blog, Google Earth now has a new “traffic” layer which uses the same real-time traffic data that is used in Google Maps.
It’s not especially fancy, but that’s probably a good thing.  Sometimes simple is better.  The traffic is shown as a series of dots along the highway.  Green=fast, yellow=ok, [...]

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Google Maps now gives estimated rush hour drive times

August 1, 2007

This is pretty slick — Google Maps will now give you multiple estimated times for trips that you plan (in “a limited set of metropolitan areas”).
Their example has someone traveling from Berkeley to Half Moon Bay, which is “about 59 minutes”.  However, the directions also say that it could take “up to 1 hour [...]

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