Google Maps Beta Log Out | Topics | Search
Moderators | Edit Profile

BNO BBS - BNO's Bulletin Board System » THE ARCHIVES » Year 2005 » February 2005 » Google Maps Beta « Previous Next »

Author Message
ChuckMC9 (Chucks)

Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!)

Posted on Tuesday, February 08, 2005 - 11:51 pm:   

Google is going to take over the world - there's a beta mapping web site now. Haven't spent much time with it, but looks very, very nice. Not as comprehensive as a standalone application, but a huge improvement over the other clunky web junk out there. Here are some shortcuts that are useful.
 
Use the arrow keys to pan left, right, up and down
The page up, page down, home and end keys let you pan out even wider
The plus (+) key lets you zoom in and the minus key (-) is for zooming out.

http://maps.google.com

(Disclaimer - I own no stock in Gooogle) RATS! :-)
Chris Christensen (Chris4905)

Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!)

Posted on Wednesday, February 09, 2005 - 12:07 am:   

Man !!!! That is nice !!!! Bets the heck out of the other cheeezy map programs.

Thanks Chuck,

Chris Christensen
Eagle, Idaho
Captain Ron (Captain_ron)

Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!)

Posted on Wednesday, February 09, 2005 - 12:55 am:   

Wow that map is pretty cool
Robert Wood (Bobwoodsocal)

Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!)

Posted on Wednesday, February 09, 2005 - 1:31 am:   

AWESOME!
Jim (Jim_in_california)

Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!)

Posted on Wednesday, February 09, 2005 - 1:57 am:   

Still a few bugs. I tried looking up pizza places near where I live - it showed them for a subsection of my city and wouldn't show any other subsections, and got at least one address wrong that I could see.

Upshot: it's still in beta, guys, don't rely on it for anything important.
Brian (Bigbusguy)

Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!)

Posted on Wednesday, February 09, 2005 - 1:09 pm:   

Cool Map thing . It did not find my house. The RR tracks are in all the right places cool to follow them.
Brian 4905 Klamath Falls Oregon

Add Your Message Here
Posting is currently disabled in this topic. Contact your discussion moderator for more information.

Topics | Last Day | Last Week | Tree View | Search | Help/Instructions | Program Credits Administration