Bing Maps > Google Maps

I use Waze every single day and it hasn't ever steered me wrong. With its social features, I often get re-routed when the M25 is heavy - It's great driving the country roads next to the motorway, and you can see the motorway isn't moving :p
 
Just checked the 3 mentioned maps for a relatively new road that was built in my area.

Bing Maps : Doesn't show anything at all about the new road

Google Maps : Shows the route + Satellite view of the early work on the road

Waze : Similar to google but seems to have more detail on the road, including name of road etc

So Bing worst of the 3 it would appear for my experience.
 
Glaucus said:
Bing maps all day long, it has an OS explorer map layer, which you would normal have to pay several hundred £ for. Especially useful for the hikers, mountain bikers etc.

Here maps for sat nav, free and can download entire regions, unlike stupid google implementation.
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Wow, didn't know it has OS layer! Now that is good.
 
Glaucus said:
Bing maps all day long, it has an OS explorer map layer, which you would normal have to pay several hundred £ for. Especially useful for the hikers, mountain bikers etc.

Here maps for sat nav, free and can download entire regions, unlike stupid google implementation.
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Didn't know it has an OS layer, that's very interesting!

http://wtp2.appspot.com/wheresthepath.htm is a great Google Maps/OS Explorer map integration, it shows the two maps side by side so you can find paths etc :).

I use a combination of Google Maps (with offline areas, which are pretty massive) and Sygic for full blown TomTom style offline mapping.
 
Finding Bing maps a bit outdated for my area and doesn't seem to have streetview available yet either. I like the interface though - much better than the last time I tried it. Just needs more content.
 
ChrisJSY said:
Google's 3D mode is impressive for it's scale, I'm not sure how they do it; I guess elevation data that's accurate enough for builds + merging street view images onto the 3d model.

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I'm making the assumption they bought/commissioned LIDAR data for interesting areas, such as central london. Someone will have flown a plane over the city in a grid pattern and gathered the data. It is pretty cool though and there needs to be more LIDAR data taken.
 
Was about to give Waze a try but the permissions it wants are ridiculous. Why should it need:
  • Calendar
  • Contacts
  • SMS
  • Photos/Media/Files
  • Camera
  • Microphone
???
 
Calendar - So it can see when you are travelling anywhere and do the routing
Contacts - To see who to message your ETA or stuff
SMS - To message contacts
Photos/Media/Files - You can post pictures of destinations etc to help others
Camera - To take pictures
Microphone - To tell waze of any issues you see so you don't need to fiddle whilst driving.
 
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