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PC Magazine
February 15, 2006
Davis D. Janowski |
Mapping Goes Local New local search services combine the search functionality of yellow-page sites, the cartographic abilities of the best mapping services, and a healthy dose of business and restaurant reviews provided by the locals themselves.   |
PC World
May 2006
Tracey Capen |
Never Ask for Directions Again We tested free mapping sites and in-car GPS gadgets to pinpoint the ones that won't steer you wrong. TomTom Go 300 GPS portable car navigator... Garmin StreetPIlot c330 automotive GPS navigation system... Lowrance iWay 350c... Magellan RoadMate 360... etc. |
InternetNews
February 9, 2005
Sean Michael Kerner |
Mapping Google's Latest Direction Search engine now also helps you see where you're going with a new map service. |
PC Magazine
February 8, 2006
Davis D. Janowski |
Yahoo! Local Maps (beta) This service forgoes a lot of the glitzy features in favor of a clean straightforward interface and good routing features. It provides a quick means of locating local places and things from within an intuitive interface -- and it's still only a beta. |
Search Engine Watch
November 3, 2005
Chris Sherman |
Yahoo Enhances Maps, Integrates Local Search In a major overhaul, Yahoo has significantly upgraded its Maps offering with cleaner maps and integrated local search results. |
PC Magazine
May 17, 2006
Michael J. Miller |
Warning Children About Online Dangers We don't need a scare campaign, but we do need to educate kids about the basic rules of Internet safety.... The race to provide the best Internet mapping service... |
InternetNews
October 6, 2005
Susan Kuchinskas |
Google Mashes Up Local Maps and local search merge into Google Local. |
PC Magazine
March 15, 2007
Jamie Lendino |
Google Maps for Mobile Like Opera Mini 3.0, Google Maps for Mobile is another no-brainer download; try it and risk becoming addicted. |
PC Magazine
February 2, 2006
Davis D. Janowski |
Windows Live Local (beta) See a bird's-eye view and roam near and far with this free but potent mapping application. |
Search Engine Watch
November 7, 2005
Chris Sherman |
Google Launches Local for Mobile Google's new Local for mobile service is a stripped-down version of the web-based Google Local that puts a heavy emphasis on maps and driving directions. |
InternetNews
April 5, 2007
Nicholas Carlson |
Google My Maps is Your Maps Google's My Maps allows users to mark locations on a map from a library of icons, draw lines and shapes to highlight paths and areas, and add text, photos, or YouTube/Google videos. |
Wired
June 26, 2007
Evan Ratliff |
Google Maps Is Changing the Way We See the World Volunteer cartographers are helping Google detail their satellite images around the world. |
Searcher
June 2002
Irene E. McDermott |
Where was I? Maps on the Web There is a tremendous amount of spatial data on the World Wide Web: multitudes of maps; armfuls of atlases; cartloads of cartography. Enough to keep a map nerd like myself clicking and dreaming for years. Maps on the Web are designed for many uses, and many of them are free... |
InternetNews
November 4, 2005
Susan Kuchinskas |
Yahoo Offers Some Keys to Maps Yahoo unveiled the next iteration of Yahoo Maps, adding new interactivity and features. |
PC Magazine
February 2, 2006
Davis D. Janowski |
AOL Local AOL Local gives you the info you need to reach your destination, but not much more. |
Search Engine Watch
April 18, 2005
Gary Price |
A Roundup of Local Mobile Search Tools Google's new local search for mobile devices is garnering a lot of press, but there are a lot of other alternatives that are worth a look. |
PC Magazine
November 9, 2009
Jamie Lendino |
Google Maps Navigation for Motorola Droid (Beta) Google Maps Navigation offers completely free, voice-enabled, turn-by-turn directions on the Motorola Droid. |
Search Engine Watch
April 12, 2005
Chris Sherman |
Google Debuts Local Mobile Google has added a new service that enables cell phone users in the U.S. to use a remarkably robust version of Google Local directly from a mobile handset. |
The Motley Fool
October 10, 2005
Tom Taulli |
Google Maps' New Direction Investors may wonder how Google will make money from maps. Two words: local advertising. |
The Motley Fool
April 5, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Google Maps Its Future Enterprising developers have been creating Google Maps mashups on their websites for a couple of years now. Even Google has turned to mashups of its own roadmap site. My Maps simply brings that functionality to the masses with intuitive tools. |
PC Magazine
February 2, 2006
Davis D. Janowski |
A9.com Maps (beta) A9.com Maps, still in beta, gives users an innovative, street-level view of the sites they're looking for. |
InternetNews
August 5, 2005
Tim Gray |
MSN Feels 'Virtual Earth' Move Microsoft's new satellite mapping site had the highest week-over-week unique audience growth on the Internet. |
InternetNews
January 7, 2005
Tim Gray |
MapQuest Makes It Harder to Get Lost For $3.99 a month, the new feature allows MapQuest Mobile subscribers to send color maps and driving directions from MapQuest.com directly to their cell phones. |
PC World
February 2006
Scott Spanbauer |
New, Improved Web Ready for the next online revolution? Powerful tools help you work, search, communicate, and share data your way; usually for free. |
The Motley Fool
June 1, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Google Clicks for Clicks Google Maps can be a bit of a shutterbug these days. Google's drive to enhance its user experience isn't entirely selfless. Yes, the sites are free, but every search engine is fighting to be your source for local information. |
IEEE Spectrum
December 2007
Paul McFedries |
The New Geographers The new arts of neogeography and neocartography are thriving in their stead, and they will soon be annotating, augmenting, tagging, coding, and parsing your reality. |
Search Engine Watch
March 10, 2004
Chris Sherman |
Yahoo Enhances Local Search with Maps Yahoo's new Smart View technology pinpoints the location of restaurants, banks, merchants and other businesses and attractions on local maps of cities throughout the United States and Canada. |
Linux Journal
September 1, 2007
Doc Searls |
Linux for Suits - Navigating with the Nokia N800 Now that we see companies like Navicore providing consumer-grade hardware and software kits for the N800, an E62 phone and a GPS receiver, we know embedded Linux has passed an important milestone. |
Search Engine Watch
June 28, 2005
Chris Sherman |
Google Earth Flies Free Google has released its long-anticipated geographic search tool, Google Earth, a new application that combines local search with satellite images and maps from around the globe. |
Search Engine Watch
July 20, 2006
Greg Sterling |
A Closer Look at Windows Live Local The undeniable attraction of Windows Live Local is still its spectacular "Birds Eye" aerial photography, but there are many other product features to recommend the service. |
The Motley Fool
August 16, 2005
Alyce Lomax |
A9.com's Streetwise Searches Amazon.com brings maps to life with street-level searches. |
PC Magazine
August 15, 2007
Craig Ellison |
LG LN740 LG's top of the line offers traffic info, a large screen, and text-to-speech conversion at a value price... Maestro 4040... Lowrance iWAY 600C... Garmin nuvi 660... |
Search Engine Watch
April 5, 2005
Chris Sherman |
Google Debuts Satellite Images Google has added high-resolution satellite images to its Maps and Local search services, offering a birdseye view of millions of locations throughout the U.S. and Canada. |
Search Engine Watch
May 31, 2005
Chris Sherman |
Navigating London London offers wonderful opportunities for rambling exploration--but it's also easy to lose your bearings if you're not careful. Fortunately, the web offers some terrific search tools and maps to help you find your way. |
InternetNews
December 8, 2005
Susan Kuchinskas |
Windows Live Local Offers a New View MSN will officially open MSN Virtual Earth to the public on Thursday, incorporating it into its Windows Live offering as Windows Live Local. The new version offers photography at a 45-degree-angle view. |
PC World
August 19, 2007
Scott Spanbauer |
Eight Great, Simple Ways to Hack the Web New services make it easy to customize the best of the Web's content to your heart's delight, or to meet the needs of your business. |
Macworld
February 28, 2005
Mat Honan |
Route USA 2004 3.6 With its GPS-enabled maps and gigabytes of road and location data, Route USA 2004 3.6, from Route 66, will guide you across the country. |
PC Magazine
August 19, 2005
Craig Ellison |
Magellan RoadMate 760 Despite its lack of a 3D map view, the excellent navigation options make this GPS a very road-worthy system. |
The Motley Fool
November 7, 2005
Tom Taulli |
Yahoo!'s Map to Success Yahoo! launches a new mapping service to make money from local searches. |
Search Engine Watch
July 25, 2005
Chris Sherman |
Microsoft Launches MSN Virtual Earth Microsoft has released a beta version of Virtual Earth, a web-based application that combines local search with maps and aerial photography. |
PC Magazine
December 20, 2006
Sebastian Rupley |
Fly-By History Google delivers blasts from the past. |
Fast Company
June 2006
Lucas Conley |
Map Quest Location, location, location: The Web cognoscenti are mashing up data with maps to create a new way to communicate. |
PC Magazine
January 22, 2009
Corinne Iozzio |
How to Find the Right GPS Here's the quickest route to the best GPS device. Plus 13 talented navigators that will do much more than just get you where you're going. |
Search Engine Watch
February 27, 2006
Chris Sherman |
Ask Loses Jeeves, Gains New Features The butler has gone into retirement, and Ask.com now sports a crisp new look with a number of impressive new features -- including icon-directed access to more than 20 search tools. |
PC Magazine
September 14, 2005
Pike et al. |
The Experts' Guide to Google Yahoo MSN and AOL A review of the search, Web mail, instant-messaging services and uncover other features of the four largest portals. |
InternetNews
June 30, 2005
Susan Kuchinskas |
Search Meets Maps, APIs Google will publish the XML schema it uses to describe locations and Yahoo will publish its own Maps API, built on the open standard for Geo RSS. |
PC Magazine
August 27, 2004
Bill Howard |
Microsoft Streets & Trips 2005 Microsoft Streets & Trips 2005 continues to be one of the best choices for those who buy disk-based mapping software despite its foibles, and the new version also makes it easier to install other GPS receivers you may have. |
PC Magazine
August 29, 2007
Anton Galang |
Connected Traveler: Walk this Way Stroll around an unfamiliar city with confidence, thanks to some helpful travel Web sites. |
Search Engine Watch
October 13, 2005
Chris Sherman |
Mapping Places in Wikipedia Wikipedia is a high quality online source of information, but does not do a good job displaying images or maps. Placeopedia attempts to fill that gap by mapping Wikipedia location entries on Google maps. |
InternetNews
March 3, 2005
Tim Gray |
Google Maps Local Search Game Google Maps enables users in the United States and Canada to find location information, navigate maps and get directions to neighborhood businesses. |
