Why is Mapquest so sucky?

[RStar]

Who decides what goes into that website so-called service anyway?

I had to go to Orange from Huntington Beach. Here is what Mapquest told me to do:

22 East to the 5 north to the 57 north to the 22 east to the 55 north, off a Chapman.

Here is what it should have said: 22 east to the 55 north off at Chapman.

I mean, WTF??!!??

[Gemini Cricket]

MapQuest sent me through a toll booth once to get to NirvanaMan's house. Dirty bastards.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Did you try local.google.com? I haven't used mapquest in a good long time.

[BDBopper]

I have no ida what those folks at MapQuest are smoking. I haven't used them in a long time. I use Google Maps now. Try it. I think you'll like it much more.

[BarTopDancer]

maps.google.com

You can also mess around with the route on the map and it recalculates driving times and distances.

[Pirate Bill]

I wouldn't use Mapquest if it gave me perfect directions and rubbed my feet at the same time. The fact that I can't simply pan and zoom the map as easily as I can in Google maps is a major annoyance.

[3894]

Mapquest wanted me to drive through the south side of Chicago.

[innerSpaceman]

Hmmm, maybe I should try google maps if you can move around the map easier. I just never had a problem with mapquest, because i never used it for directions, only for maps. I'm the type of person who doesn't rely on anyone - man, beast or computer - for directions. I prefer to find the most economic route myself.


So I won't want directions from google maps either, but easier map navigation would be better to assist with travel navigation.

[Alex]

Well, for a route that exits at Chapman, Google Maps doesn't even put you on 22.

As for why Mapquest sucks, they don't build their own database of road information they buy it from vendors, just like Google does. Apparently Mapquest's vendor has that interchange description fubared.

I haven't used Mapquest in years so I have no sense how much it really sucks.

[RStar]

Yeah, I used Google maps (I think) when it popped up conected to some event I was going to. I remember that I could click on a different road I prefered to use and it re-routed my trip. I like that, but couldn't remember what service that was. Thanks for the reminder!

I'm going to delete Mapquest and replace it with google maps. But most of the time I ues my Thomas guide, although it is 5 years old and needs to be replaced. I have been waiting for the new construction to slow down. Other than the work on the 5 (which I try to avoid anyway) I think its safe to buy one now.

So they buy the info, huh? I wondered who decided how the trip would be planned.

It also occured to me that the trip through the Orange Crush had to be changed due to connecter roads to different freways being closed durring the 22 rebuild. This may have something to do with the info I got.