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Considering we are contrasting with 1978, I would offer, even though I am not a Google fan: Maps and YouTube Web Browser and HTML is useless without the videos
by birdyrooster 6y ago
Considering we are contrasting with 1978, I would offer, even though I am not a Google fan: Maps and YouTube
Web Browser and HTML is useless without the videos and photos which have been aggregated and precomputed for distribution from the datacenter.
- karmakaze 6y agoI was fine with Mapquest before Maps and mostly a Wikipedia fan. Lately during lockdown though, I do find myself looking for things on YouTube. If it didn't exist I wouldn't know what I was missing and be doing something else. It's probably different if you don't already have many sources of educational information readily available: +1 YT.
- pmontra 6y agoI remember that I used Mapquest and switched to Google Maps. I don't remember why but I assume that GM contained some significant improvements. I remember my enthusiasm for the maps API that let me put markers on a map embedded in my website (2005.) Maybe also satellite view. Street View later. So Google did do something substantial with their implementation of mapping. Satellite and Street view are the main reasons I keep using GM now, plus checking addresses, some car directions and navigation and sharing links to locations with friends. I'm using OpenStreetMap based software for discovering and recording cycling tracks.