Google does it again

Ghoulish Delight · 02-09-2005, 11:39 AM

http://maps.google.com

Brilliant, as usual. Looks like it's going to be an awesome interface. This is still the beta version. I notice there's not zoom yet (they say it will just be a slider bar in the window). But just the ability to drag the map around is fantastic enough! And the directions are cool, click on a step and it pops up a little magnified window of the turn/onramp/interchange. Take that Mapquest!

Gn2Dlnd · 02-09-2005, 11:48 AM

Zoom is zoom-zoom-zooma-zooming for me. Unfortunately, you zoom too far in, and you lose context. But cool, nonetheless.

Motorboat Cruiser · 02-09-2005, 11:56 AM

Yeah, that's pretty nice. Thanks for sharing!

Ghoulish Delight · 02-09-2005, 12:00 PM

Hey, no fair. I don't have the zoom bar

And when I search for a location, it doesn't show the little red pointy tag thing. Oh well, I discovered that the + and - keyboard shortucts work for zooming.

Motorboat Cruiser · 02-09-2005, 12:06 PM

Interesting, I have the zoom bar as well. Maybe it is browser-specific. I'm on IE right now.

libraryvixen · 02-09-2005, 12:06 PM

What a wonderful map tool!

I use Map Blast right now, but this program is wonderful!

Thank you GD!

Ghoulish Delight · 02-09-2005, 12:09 PM

I'm on IE too, a more recent version than you probably even have access to. Odd.

Cadaverous Pallor · 02-09-2005, 12:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gn2Dlnd

Zoom is zoom-zoom-zooma-zooming for me.

All I wanna do is zoom-a-zoom-zoom-zoom and a boom boom - just shake ya rump!

The zoom works just fine for me. Very cool!

BarTopDancer · 02-10-2005, 10:23 AM

Sigh.

Awesome.

SzczerbiakManiac · 02-10-2005, 01:26 PM

Wow!

The company I work for makes map-based demographic software. We can appreciate the technology behind this kind of system. I just showed that to a couple cow-orkers and we were all flabbergasted at both the speed and quality of the mapping.

Good bye MapQuest.

02-09-2005, 11:39 AM	#1
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	Google does it again http://maps.google.com Brilliant, as usual. Looks like it's going to be an awesome interface. This is still the beta version. I notice there's not zoom yet (they say it will just be a slider bar in the window). But just the ability to drag the map around is fantastic enough! And the directions are cool, click on a step and it pops up a little magnified window of the turn/onramp/interchange. Take that Mapquest! __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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02-09-2005, 11:48 AM	#2
Gn2Dlnd Parmmadore Jim Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Casita del Queso Posts: 3,810	Zoom is zoom-zoom-zooma-zooming for me. Unfortunately, you zoom too far in, and you lose context. But cool, nonetheless. __________________ Does anyone still wear a hat?
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02-09-2005, 11:56 AM	#3
Motorboat Cruiser Cruiser of Motorboats Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: So Cal Posts: 3,665	Yeah, that's pretty nice. Thanks for sharing!
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02-09-2005, 12:00 PM	#4
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	Hey, no fair. I don't have the zoom bar And when I search for a location, it doesn't show the little red pointy tag thing. Oh well, I discovered that the + and - keyboard shortucts work for zooming. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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Motorboat Cruiser Cruiser of Motorboats Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: So Cal Posts: 3,665	Interesting, I have the zoom bar as well. Maybe it is browser-specific. I'm on IE right now.
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libraryvixen is part of the resistance Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: up North Posts: 963	What a wonderful map tool! I use Map Blast right now, but this program is wonderful! Thank you GD! __________________ Yes, I'm still alive!
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Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	I'm on IE too, a more recent version than you probably even have access to. Odd. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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BarTopDancer Prepping... Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Here, there, everywhere Posts: 11,405	Sigh. Awesome. __________________ Spork is the new MacGyver Postcards From My Edge
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02-10-2005, 01:26 PM	#10
SzczerbiakManiac "ZER-bee-ak" Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,409	Wow! The company I work for makes map-based demographic software. We can appreciate the technology behind this kind of system. I just showed that to a couple cow-orkers and we were all flabbergasted at both the speed and quality of the mapping. Good bye MapQuest.
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