Posted by Teddog/CO on 11/6/10 11:43am
Msg #359941

Question

Does anyone have a really GOOD site for getting driving directions. I've always used MapQuest but lately it has been giving goofy directions.
Sooo if you have a good reliable site could you please post it before I wind-up in Alaska. lol

Appreciate your help and thank you in advance

Everyone have a great weekend and stay safe out there.

Reply by desktopfull on 11/6/10 12:04pm
Msg #359943

If your county zoning dept is online you can go to their maps, I do that when mapquest lands me in the middle of nowhere.

Reply by James Dawson on 11/6/10 12:12pm
Msg #359945

I have found Google earth will give me info that neither my GPS or Iphone will....not to mention closes UPS or FedEx, gas stations (for pit stops), etc.

Reply by Moneyman/TX on 11/6/10 1:10pm
Msg #359951

Google earth for me too! n/m

Reply by Teddog/CO on 11/6/10 12:49pm
Msg #359950

Thank you for your help :) n/m

Reply by PAW on 11/6/10 1:25pm
Msg #359953

I use Google Maps (http://maps.google.com). Driving distances calculated are pretty accurate, at least here. For specific location of houses, I use the county appraisers websites to search for the property address. All counties in my area are using GIS Mapping, with bi-annual updates.

Reply by nobhill on 11/6/10 1:26pm
Msg #359955

I use Google Maps that is very good. I use it especially for bike path directions since I'm on an electric bike.

Reply by Doris_CO on 11/6/10 1:52pm
Msg #359962

I use Google maps. Also, especially when I know I'm going to be looking for a house in the dark, I go to the Satellite view and count the number of roofs between the corner and the house I'm going to. Of course, that only works in area like Colorado where the trees are shorter and most housing developments are not in heavily wooded areas. I haven't had any assignments in the mountains so I'm not sure how the Satellite view would work there.

I purchased a GPS last year and that's now my main tool, but I still look on Google and count the roofs. I've had the GPS take me to the wrong house before.

Reply by JanetK_CA on 11/6/10 3:46pm
Msg #359976

I find Google maps to be the most accurate, too, but still not infallible. The closer I get to my destination, the more likely it is to goof. Examples include leaving out a turn or having me go left instead of right. Occasionally, I'll run into a situation where there's a small section where a street is blocked off (with a meridian like divide in between) that it will miss, so I have to figure out a work-around on the fly.

I still always have a Thomas Guide map book in my car and it gets used often enough for the most commonly traveled areas to be more than a bit frayed. (May be time for a replacement.) However helpful all the other tools are, there's nothing like having an accurate street map to refer to as a back-up when push comes to shove.

Reply by Stamper_WI on 11/6/10 4:01pm
Msg #359979

There are certain areas that I go to the county site for. Even though the houses have been there awhile, they don't show up on mapquest or google.
What is helpful to me is having been a realtor and still knowing a lot of realtors in several counties around me.

Reply by Linda_H/FL on 11/6/10 4:02pm
Msg #359980

I use MapQuest...have had decent luck

fall back on googlemaps if I'm not sure then go to the county assessor's office for the interactive map - and finally confirm they're all right with borrowers...

Reply by Lee/AR on 11/6/10 4:10pm
Msg #359983

Yahoo Maps 98 % of the time

Maybe I just don't know how to use Google Maps, but I just tried to do one that I traveled yesterday...and... nope... not even close. Street views do not work around here 75% of the time anyway. Still it will give you satellite, map or hybrid views.

But, what I like about Yahoo Maps is the customizing available.
1. I usually do the 'whole route' plus a very detailed 'end map'.
2. I can eliminate any unneeded directions (just shortens the print out).
3. Even eliminating some directions, I can have it also still 'show cumulative mileage'.
4. Tho' I rarely use this feature, you can get a detailed map of some complicated turn.
5 I find the mileage estimate to be right on the mark, but the time is usually a very little bit more than it actually takes me (no, I don't speed).
6 I really like the visual detailed enlarged 'end map'.

Once in a while, it just can't find some place, but will get me close. I usually map it before I make the confirming call to the B... and in the above-mentioned 'can't find it' situations, after speaking with B... oh, boy, is there ever a good reason!

Reply by JanetK_CA on 11/6/10 4:40pm
Msg #359992

Re: Yahoo Maps 98 % of the time

I may have to go back and give them a try again. (Used to be my favorite.) They all do keep evolving.

Reply by LMS on 11/6/10 5:12pm
Msg #359994

Re: Yahoo Maps 98 % of the time

I always use Yahoo Maps!! For the same reasons Lee stated. It's so much better than MapQuest. Only difference is the time is usually more than what it actually takes me.

Reply by jba/fl on 11/6/10 5:19pm
Msg #359996

Every time I use Google Maps, something is wrong. My best is MapQuest. If not on map yet, county offices online.

Reply by Erwin/CA on 11/6/10 8:50pm
Msg #360013

I use the AAA website. I like it because it only prints one page. You don't have to be a member to use it.
Erwin

Reply by ikando on 11/6/10 10:32pm
Msg #360017

I've used Mapquest and Yahoo before, and have a GPS, but still get directions from the borrower because I relate to landmarks, especially at night. When the borrower says, "turn right at the KFC," I know I'm on the right track.

Reply by Claudine Osborne on 11/6/10 11:16pm
Msg #360021

Re: Bing maps..my favorite n/m

Reply by Yowheelz on 11/7/10 11:12am
Msg #360051

ADC Map Books are my favorite

GPS kept landing me in corn fields and online programs don't give me a big enough picture. I travel 5 counties and I have a map book for each. Except for an occasional new development I can find where I want to be easily and I get both the close up and the full county picture. I only use the online when I need mileage for my records.