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  • gimp
    Registered User
    • Jan 2001
    • 2368

    #1

    Screw you mapquest!

    Find local businesses, view maps and get driving directions in Google Maps.


    This is so much better than mapquest. You guys gotta check it out. It's so much easier to look around. It's still a little buggy. I searched for my home address and it found it at the wrong spot, then again, I live out in the middle of the woods.
  • fire1811
    Firefighter
    • Nov 2002
    • 4930

    #2
    yeah I just found out about google maps yesterday.
    so far best map service I have found.
    "The Few Who Do Are The Envy Of The Many Who Only Stand And Watch"

    Alway Remember *343*

    Si vis pacem, para bellum

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    • MantisMag
      Dim Sum
      • Dec 2001
      • 1895

      #3
      yeah the features are nice but have you tried using it to get directions yet? i haven't.

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      • Big'n slo
        Sponsored by...my paycheck
        • Mar 2003
        • 1909

        #4
        Originally posted by MantisMag
        yeah the features are nice but have you tried using it to get directions yet? i haven't.
        I plugged in directions to IAO in google maps, it sent me from South Jersey to Baltimore then to Pittsburg?

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        • magman007
          I <3 my Penis
          • Jun 2001
          • 7579

          #5
          well, il tell you one thing, dont use mapquest to get to IAO... it freekin stinks



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          • PyRo
            President Bioloaf inc.
            • Dec 2000
            • 10186

            #6
            Get a GPS or a real map.

            Anyone used MS maps? How does that work?

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            • Destructo6
              Registered User
              • Apr 2004
              • 549

              #7
              Mapquest has sent me down streets that hadn't existed for years.

              Yahoo maps or now Google will meet my mapping needs.
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              Your parents, a body.
              Your country, a rifle.

              Keep all of them clean.

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              • Conversekidz
                Just a guy with a gun
                • Dec 2004
                • 634

                #8
                I used mapquest once....it was sad.


                I was following the directions and it told me to get off the freeway, so I followed it, then it made me get right back on the same freeway.....utterly pointless part of the directions when I could have just stayed on the same freeway.


                Now I just use the GPS unit in my car, works 100 times better and you know exactly where you are at all times.

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                • Muzikman
                  Everything AGD
                  • Dec 2000
                  • 6229

                  #9
                  Hmm...I think most everyone is missing the big thing. Google, Yahoo and Map Quest all use NavTech maps and data. Although they might pick slightly different routes or the maps might be different sizes or with different amounts of details, it's all the same maps.

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                  • fire1811
                    Firefighter
                    • Nov 2002
                    • 4930

                    #10
                    Originally posted by Muzikman
                    Hmm...I think most everyone is missing the big thing. Google, Yahoo and Map Quest all use NavTech maps and data. Although they might pick slightly different routes or the maps might be different sizes or with different amounts of details, it's all the same maps.

                    it might suppose to be the same but as already stated here a few times. you are better off just driving in the general direction of your destination then using mapquest. I have seen more people get lost in BFE using it then anything else.
                    "The Few Who Do Are The Envy Of The Many Who Only Stand And Watch"

                    Alway Remember *343*

                    Si vis pacem, para bellum

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                    • gimp
                      Registered User
                      • Jan 2001
                      • 2368

                      #11
                      I just like the setup of the google maps better. You can look around much easier. I usually just look at the map and get the directions for myself, then try to confirm them with mapquest.

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                      • Blazestorm
                        I win
                        • Feb 2002
                        • 3523

                        #12
                        Mapquest has worked perfectly for me everytime...
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                        • ICP
                          Who needs two tubes??
                          • Feb 2005
                          • 424

                          #13
                          HMMM, just tryed the google maps from my house to my dads house. Not impressed I should only have to take 2 turns and instead they had me taking 5 And two of the roads were not named properly. Maybe direction on the interstate would work better. Either way gotta be better than yahoo

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                          • dj89
                            2003 Chevy 2500HD
                            • Mar 2003
                            • 4275

                            #14
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                            • CodeMA
                              ...yep...
                              • Jun 2003
                              • 1455

                              #15
                              ya... I gotta say.... so far Mapquest has put me on not just one...but TWO farms...instead of at a house, and one paintball feild.... The first time I was trying to find this one chicks house...and It put me at a goat farm.... the second time a horse ranch instead of a paintball feild.... mapquest got fired a long time ago...
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