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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.   |
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. |
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. |
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. |
PC World
August 20, 2007
Steve Bass |
The Web's Best Mapping Sites At the top map services, driving directions are just the beginning. |
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. |
InternetNews
October 6, 2005
Susan Kuchinskas |
Google Mashes Up Local Maps and local search merge into Google Local. |
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... |
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. |
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
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
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
InternetNews
January 27, 2005
Tim Gray |
Amazon, A9 Give Virutal Search Tour The companies' A9.com guide offers users a view of the businesses they're searching for. |
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. |
Search Engine Watch
August 3, 2004
Chris Sherman |
Yahoo Targets Google, Yellow Pages with New Local Search Yahoo has rolled out a feature-laden beta version of its local search service, sharply upping the ante in the rapidly evolving local search sweepstakes. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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
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. |
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. |
InternetNews
July 25, 2005
Tim Gray |
Microsoft Debuts Street-Level Search Much like Google Earth, the MSN tool provides detailed street-level maps and point-of-interest information. The MSN product is currently limited to the United States. |
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. |
InternetNews
August 17, 2005
Susan Kuchinskas |
Yahoo's Neighborhood Watch The company adds forums to local search so users can weigh in on community issues. |
PC Magazine
February 8, 2006
Davis D. Janowski |
Yahoo! Local Yahoo! Local feels like a blog maintained by locals and that's a good thing! |
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. |
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. |
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
May 24, 2005
Susan Kuchinskas |
Earth-to-Virtual Earth A future Microsoft MSN service called Virtual Earth is designed to be a deeply immersive local search experience. |
PC Magazine
January 18, 2006
Erik Rhey |
Dialing for Data Free or low-cost internet services for your cell phone. AskMeNow... AvantGo... 4INFO... Google Local on Mobile... Handmark Pocket Express... Vindigo... Yahoo! Mobile... |
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. |
Search Engine Watch
December 6, 2005
Chris Sherman |
Two Alternative Local Search Services Local search from the major players is steadily improving, but meanwhile, two smaller players -- Metrobot and TrueLocal -- are making impressive advances in providing search results from your own neighborhood. |
PC World
November 7, 2006
Dennis O'Reilly, PC World |
Microsoft's Live Search Adds 3D Views to Mapped Results Fifteen cities get bird's-eye treatment, but links from Live Search results remain a work in progress. |
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... |
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. |
Search Engine Watch
January 27, 2005
Chris Sherman |
Amazon's A9 Launches Visual Yellow Pages This new nationwide yellow pages directory comes with a twist--thumbnail images of business storefronts that let you take a virtual walk through the streets of 10 major U.S. cities. |
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
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 World
July 2005
Laurianne McLaughlin |
New Search Stars What's the trend in Web search? Newcomers and search giants cook up specialty services that get you information faster than ever. |
Search Engine Watch
May 6, 2003
Danny Sullivan |
Yahoo's Search Engine Continues Evolving A new page dedicated just to Yahoo Search has been added, allowing those who want to bypass all the Yahoo portal and network information that crowds the regular Yahoo home page. The Yahoo Search page presents a Google-like pure search face to the world. |
PC Magazine
August 1, 2007
Lance Ulanoff |
Google Is Watching You Google is taking 360-degree images of major cities across the U.S. and tying them together with its Google Maps service. In some of the photos, you can make out faces, license plates, and more. |
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. |
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. |
InternetNews
April 7, 2005
Susan Kuchinskas |
Google Adds Answers, Augments Maps The search leader introduces new functions as features war with Yahoo and MSN rages on. |
