The word via PlanetGS is that Yahoo! has a new update to their mapping tool. Dan Catt has probably the best overview I’ve seen so far. I used to use Yahoo! Maps religiously, but since Google Maps has come out, I just don’t really bother anymore (other than to georeference photos in Flickr). I switch between GMap and Virtual Earth depending on where I’m at (and I just love the Bird’s Eye view). I will say though these Yahoo! maps look great.
3 responses so far ↓
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Simon
// May 17, 2007 at 2:15 am
There is no point even bothering with Yahoo Maps here in Australia, there is no detail at all. Google Maps absolutely kick Yahoo’s lame censoring arse!
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tom-tom
// May 17, 2007 at 3:47 am
@Simon,
aww, c’mon Simon.. it has a NEW HAT!!
James- good Simpson’s reference!
Cheers
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Daniel
// May 26, 2007 at 7:50 pm
I’m actually giving it a little time, waiting to see if this was the actual total of the upgrade.
Since I’m the kind of guy I am — I’ve only discussed the recent upgrade privately with a couple others after running vision-testing. I’m still unsure if I wish to publish the results or simply point the issues out that I see for a broader analysis discussion.
There’s positives and there’s negatives — unfortunately, the negatives were noticed almost immediately, visually and without any anaylsis methods. The analysis only confirmed what I suspected.
But, it looks relatively better than what they had prior.
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