A clever little mapping toy from Google.

Posted by: Roy T on 09 February 2005

Those clever people at big G have produced another fun little toy, whatever will they do next?
Posted on: 09 February 2005 by Lomo
Yes, Having tried it out it works a treat.
I imagine that other countries will be introduced as they sign up enough advertisers.
Great if you carry a laptop are on holidays in a strange location.
Posted on: 10 February 2005 by greeny
yeh, 10 times as good as Mulitmap/streetmap etc. Moving the map around with the mouse is excellent.
They need to get UK on there
Posted on: 10 February 2005 by Roy T
quote:
Moving the map around with the mouse is excellent.


I like the way that the data is downloaded as you drag the cursor around the map so that the empty spaces in the map are filled almost as fast as you can drag the cursor. The display being almost a text display and not a graphical object rich environment must I think help with the speed of use.

All in all a good interface.

Might look good as the navigation UI for the Star Gate at Star Gate command Big Grin
Posted on: 10 February 2005 by Andrew Randle
I bet it works nicely on an iPAQ or Palm.

Can't see Europe on there though Frown

Andrew
Posted on: 11 February 2005 by i am simon 2
This is the fasting zzomin map applet I have seen. However I think that is only because in the US they only have horizontal and vertical streets that are dead straight, in nice neet grid patterns.

I bet it would not be this fast with our wibbly wobbly streets in the UK

Simon
Posted on: 11 February 2005 by Roy T
Simon,
You could try seperating the wheat from the chaff on SlashDot but this I think is the best read of the lot.
Posted on: 14 March 2005 by Roy T
Someone has been tweaking the maps, only works for USA so far.
Posted on: 14 March 2005 by Martin D
BTW Roy should that be London EU
Big Grin