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Yahoo! Maps adds drag and drop rerouting

Yahoo! Maps rerouting
Yahoo! Maps has added the ability to add destinations or change routes simply by dragging and dropping the line from your starting point to your destination. This is a feature Google Maps has had for a few months now, but the Yahoo! Maps version actually has a few extra features that make it well worth the wait.

First up, after you change your route, a window will pop up to compare the distance and travel time of your new route with the original route. In other words, Yahoo! is not shy about telling you what a bad idea it is to veer from the directions it recommended in the first place. But you don't get the real-time street name and mileage updates that you get in Google Maps.

You can also easily remove a new destination just by clicking an "undo" button.

[via WebWare]

Filed under: Internet

Mini Map Sidebar - Firefox add-on of the day

Mini Map Sidebar
If you're the sort of person who always has a map service open in a browser tab so you can look up locations, directions, and the nearest pizza place to order lunch, have we got a Firefox add-on for you.

Mini Map Sidebar opens up Google Maps, Yahoo! Maps, or Windows Live Local in your Firefox Sidebar. That's not particularly impressive in its own right. But the extension includes some useful features like the ability to drag and drop addresses from your main browser window. Just highlight an address and then click and drag the highlighted text over to the gray box in the sidebar and the location will pop up in a map.

Of course, you can do all your usual mapping tricks as well, like searching, getting directions, finding latitude and longitude or e-mailing a map.

The extension also adds a Firefox toolbar item that lets you launch the sidebar. If you're tired of squinting at the sidebar, you can also open the same mapping tools in a full browser tab.

[via Google Operating System]

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