MapQuest SUCKS!! Any Other Places I Can Use?
@moonlitmagikchild (22181)
United States
September 24, 2008 7:20pm CST
the last time this was posted was a year ago so im hoping that maybe there are NEW sites (since the last post) that i can choose from..
anyways im always getting lost using mapquest (same old story that every one has about them) but are there any newer more accurate sites that have come out i can maybe use?? i have tried a few others but it was a long time ago so im hoping some one has figure out how to draw a map since then
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@relundad (2310)
• United States
25 Sep 08
Yahoo also has a mapping system that you may try. The problem with streets that don't exist are mostly a local problem, that somehow doesn't get to the power to be at the mapping places. For instant in Atlanta, in recent years with growth and construction there have been a lot of streets renamed, some added and some re-routing. Some divided etc. I don't some of these changes get added. I think they basically all use the same info so chances are you may still get lost, including the portable and installed navigation systems.
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@moonlitmagikchild (22181)
• United States
25 Sep 08
actually that is why i stopped using it (yahoomaps).. i was on my way to florida and they had changed all the exit numbers and if it wasnt for the fact i have a great sense of direction then we would have never found it.. you would think they would update more though.. the roads im having a problem with right now have always forked the same way so i dont see how its something they couldnt have fixed by now 
@Vladilyich1 (1454)
• Canada
25 Sep 08
I won't use them any more. Eight years ago I used them to give me a route from Zion Utah to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon...they routed me on a dirt road in the the middle of an Indian Reservation. I stopped for directions at a gas station in the middle of nowhere. The Indian on the porch just smiled and said "Mapquest, huh?"
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@DarthJustice (2014)
• United States
25 Sep 08
"Mapquest, huh?"
That made me laugh haha
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@cmw4562 (239)
• United States
25 Sep 08
Personally I really like MapQuest. I have used them many times and it always works for me.
Back in October when my hubby had to be in the hospital, I had to drive to this hospital by myself and I never was there before.
The directions on MapQuest were easy to understand and I got to the hospital with no problems.
One thing with MapQuest is that I cannot use my house address as the Starting Point because it gives some weird directions to follow and I am not sure how to follow them so instead, I use the address of the Mobil Gas Station that is like 10 minutes away because that is on a main highway.
And ever since I started doing that, i am able to drive, without problems, to whereever I need to go.
@moonlitmagikchild (22181)
• United States
27 Sep 08
thats weird that you cant use your home address 
@irishidid (8687)
• United States
25 Sep 08
This is so funny. I've actually blogged on this very thing!
http://kickshawcandies.blogspot.com/2007/12/how-to-get-lost-mapquest-way.html
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