MapQuest adds real-time traffic info
One thing that MapQuest has added that Google Maps lacks is construction and incident alerts. If you hover your mouse over the exclamation points or construction icons you can find about traffic accidents and other conditions that could affect your travel time. Clicking on the icons brings up more detailed information.
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3-18-2008 @ 11:31AM
jr said...
Wow, cool. Traffic event info. So you're saying it's just like Yahoo! Maps from over two years ago.
http://maps.yahoo.com/#mvt=m&lat=37.338475&lon=-121.885794&mag=6&trf=1
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3-18-2008 @ 2:57PM
michael said...
Lol. Live Maps had traffic features WITH construction and incident alerts ever since it was made. Which wasn't even long ago.
It's nice to see MapQuest finally catching up in the last few years though.
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3-18-2008 @ 8:45PM
Peter said...
Actually, if you compare the coverage between Yahoo, Google, Microsoft and MapQuest, it's significtly different. Check out New York for example. It's clear MapQuest has much more miles traffic information and far more cities of data than the other sites do.
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