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MAPQUEST/YAHOO DIRECTIONS GETTING HARDER TO TRUST

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ShockDoc	MAPQUEST/YAHOO DIRECTIONS GETTING HARDER TO TRUST	Lead	[-]
(06/28/08 5:06 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	Tags : None In my work I use mapquest or Yahoo driving directions frequently. Last week I was miles from home on a unfamiliar freeway. When I changed freeways, the directions said go 12 miles to my exit. It was actually 1.2 miles, and if I hadnt kept a sharp eye, would've gone roughly 22 miles out of my way (11 miles there and back). Just now I did a yahoo search for a destination 6 miles from here, and the site told me it would take 18 minutes average time! It's gotta be 10 minutes tops. What's the dang deal???
TServo4		#1	[-]
(06/28/08 5:09 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	You have to realize that these systems work on analytics and not common knowledge to locals. They also don't factor in traffic patterns. They're simply working with ideal situations-- if Route 46 allows traffic at 65 mph and Main st. (which we'll assume runs parallel) is only a 30 mph zone, the directions will pick 46, even though at 6:00, the traffic pattern might dictate that Main st. might be the faster way to go. J. Theakston The Central Theater, Passaic, NJ
ShockDoc		#2	[-]
(06/28/08 5:27 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	I've found that Yahoo directions always include alternate time estimates allowing for traffic, which is helpful, but many times the directions are just plain wrong, or perhaps outdated.
catmandu7		#3	[-]
(06/29/08 4:05 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	My brother told me that they sent him more than once the wrong way up an one way street, if he hadnt been paying attention.Yipes!
rvoyttbots		#4	[-]
(06/29/08 11:18 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	I used to deliver mail in a section of 150 one & two story duplexes. One of those map websites was always sending people to this section of housing looking for 10 to 18 story buildings. They would see me and ask directions. The buildings they were looking for were 8 or so miles to the West. One guy actually got angry thinking I was lying to him. All you had to do was look around to see there were no multi-story buildings in the area.
ARGumshoe		#5	[-]
(06/29/08 11:48 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	I recently found myself at a school's football field instead of the residential area I was looking for, which I finally found several blocks away. The online maps are usually very good, but sometimes they throw you a curve.
Monster Kid		#6	[-]
(06/30/08 10:16 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	I went 2 miles out of my way trying to find a part of Richmond, Virginia known as Carytown, only to find that Mapquest had sent me driving down a side street that lay parallel to the main street all the while and Carytown's main drag was really only about a block away!
chris schillig		#7	[-]
(07/02/08 2:26 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	On Sunday, my family and I used Mapquest to get to a new condo in Myrtle Beach, and the directions worked perfectly, much better than the crappy ones provided by a real person at my local AAA. I usually don't have such success with online mapping programs, which are good for about 90 percent of a trip, but turn rotten whenever you're within a few miles of your destination and need more detailed directions. But they all beat stopping at a gas station and asking some yokel to point you in the right direction. My chances of success with that particular method are well below 10 percent. Maybe I always pick the wrong people ...

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