Bing Maps launches

December 03, 2009 - Microsoft continues its march toward competing with Google by launching Bing Maps. I took it for a quick test run, and in general, it's pretty comparable to Google Maps. There's hardly a discernible difference between the two, honestly. You can change routes pretty easily, look for local businesses and email links to friends. Probably the strangest thing I noticed, however, is that the base URL turns into bing.com/maps, instead of remaining maps.bing.com. I'm not really sure why they wouldn't just use the subdomain for the entire maps site. I didn't notice any features that really distinguished Bing from Google, so unless a reason to switch arises, I'll stick with Google Maps.
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Eric Vitiello
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One big difference.
Reply #3 on : Thu December 03, 2009, 11:14:10
It's slow as a dog.
Mike
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Re: Bing Maps launches
Reply #2 on : Sat January 16, 2010, 21:19:47
Google Maps has burned me badly on driving directions a few time. I always use Mapquest now, but will certainly give Bing Maps a try.
Erik
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Re: Bing Maps launches
Reply #1 on : Sat January 16, 2010, 21:20:03
Does bing have a "by foot" option as well? I'd absolutely volunteer to test that.