Comments on: Google Maps Gets A New Layer — The NYC Subway http://www.centernetworks.com/google-maps-get-layered-with-the-nyc-subway Web 2 and Social Media News and Reviews Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:27:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Nick Wood http://www.centernetworks.com/google-maps-get-layered-with-the-nyc-subway#comment-113104 Nick Wood Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:28:25 +0000 http://www.centernetworks.com/?p=16816#comment-113104 Google maps are very cheap, have poor coverage and are a cop out and are very weak provide a basic mapping service Lacking : service level agreement quality Privacy (issues with data tracking) accuracy (very poor and does not provide Geocoding) Lack customisation and provide poor functionality Directions do not take into account toll roads, congestion etc and are offer routes up one way streets and are generally very poor Google maps are bad for developers and terrible for store finders for UK and US , agencies use them as it is a free service but its shit ! Google maps are very cheap, have poor coverage and are a cop out and are very weak provide a basic mapping service Lacking :

service level agreement
quality
Privacy (issues with data tracking)
accuracy (very poor and does not provide Geocoding)
Lack customisation and provide poor functionality
Directions do not take into account toll roads, congestion etc and are offer routes up one way streets and are generally very poor

Google maps are bad for developers and terrible for store finders for UK and US , agencies use them as it is a free service but its shit !

]]> By: Rob Kelley http://www.centernetworks.com/google-maps-get-layered-with-the-nyc-subway#comment-112759 Rob Kelley Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:32:56 +0000 http://www.centernetworks.com/?p=16816#comment-112759 Still doesn't hold a candle to Exit Strategy (http://www.exitstrategynyc.com/ ). To be competitive at that level, it'd need to: * show the way the trains exit to the platform * show the way the subway exits to the street Now that's information you can use while out and about in New York City. Still doesn’t hold a candle to Exit Strategy (http://www.exitstrategynyc.com/ ).

To be competitive at that level, it’d need to:

* show the way the trains exit to the platform
* show the way the subway exits to the street

Now that’s information you can use while out and about in New York City.

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