Google sets it’s sites on Mapquest and Yahoo with Google Maps!

Posted February 19, 2005

If you want to try this out, the beta version is at maps.google.com.

This is the best thing I have seen from Google since their browser. You can hold your mouse down and drag a map in any direction you want. It is fast at re-rendering that map.

When you search for a map, they are up to date. Unlike Yahoo and Mapquest, which will have outdated information.

The directions it lists on the side of the screen in an easy to use fashion, and if you click on each step, it will animated the map with a highlighted icon that is 3d and stands up.

You can zoom in any direction, much faster than yahoo maps. It will actually zoom in and show you the intersection so you can get a clear, clean, and uncongested idea of what you are doing at each interval.

So, go and check this out. It will make your destinations that much easier to achieve, and it is fun to play with!