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Google Maps blew everyone the day it came out.

• bluedanieru 14y ago
  I think I would have remembered that.
  • ars 14y ago
    And yet, apparently you didn't. The day google maps came out was basically the last day I used mapquest.
    • bluedanieru 14y ago
      I didn't remember it because it didn't happen (parse the original sentence a little more carefully :-)
      • ars 14y ago
        Ooops.
• beedogs 14y ago
  This is basically true. Before Google maps, mapquest was the best thing out there and it wasn't even remotely as interactive or easy to use. I'm pretty sure I switched the day it debuted.
• ghshephard 14y ago
  Yes - I remember the exact moment I first saw google maps and their clever ajaxy magical behavior. The only time I recall being so astonished by technology was the first time I used an iPhone. Google Maps was the iPhone of Mapping, and continues to be so. And, much the same way others are pretty good (Bing Maps isn't bad) - they are all still compared to Google Maps. Apple Maps is the Zune? No, that's not a good comparison, the Zune was a competent technical product. The Kin? Maybe not that bad. Apple maps is the Kindle Fire (original) of Mapping. Starts off kind of crappy, but might turn into something better with a lot of work. People will still want an iPad though.