Google now has satellite maps - Beyond Tiki

T Tiki-bot Member Joined: Jun 24, 2002 Posts: 1345	T Tiki-bot Posted posted on Tue, Apr 12, 2005 12:40 PM On 2005-04-12 11:58, hanford_lemoore wrote: PS Google maps currently is HORRIBLE for finding locations. it's suprisingly bad for Google. I'm still using Mapquest for real directions. I agree. When I'm on a map, say, of downtown SF and I type in a street I know is there but can't find, it turns up results in Georgia or somewhere. You'd think it would be "smart" enough to be able to infer that since I'm looking in a particular area, I probably want the street in the same area, or at least give me the Yahoo-type listings of a bunch of locations with that street name. Tiki-bot [ Edited by: Tiki-bot on 2005-04-12 12:41 ]

On 2005-04-12 11:58, hanford_lemoore wrote:
PS Google maps currently is HORRIBLE for finding locations. it's suprisingly bad for Google. I'm still using Mapquest for real directions.

I agree. When I'm on a map, say, of downtown SF and I type in a street I know is there but can't find, it turns up results in Georgia or somewhere. You'd think it would be "smart" enough to be able to infer that since I'm looking in a particular area, I probably want the street in the same area, or at least give me the Yahoo-type listings of a bunch of locations with that street name.

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[ Edited by: Tiki-bot on 2005-04-12 12:41 ]

Post #152468 by Tiki-bot on Tue, Apr 12, 2005 12:40 PM