Friday 6 January 2012

Driving Directions: Mapquest

By John Ohiggins


Mapquest is a recognized provider of free driving directions and maps online, I've been using map quest directions for over 12 years, this excellent internet mapping service has money saving tools that have helped me save hundreds of miles, and also hundreds of dollars.

This is one of the oldest internet mapping sites, the service was launched online in 1996, after 15 years this web mapping company is still considered one of the best, however, Google Maps is currently considered the number one online mapping site in the world, but I think that their directions service is still more popular and maybe even more reliable in North America.

MQ can be used through any mobile phone that allows you to access the web, you simply have to open up your phone's web browser to access their mobile site directly from there. There is another option to access this service, but you have to own an iPhone, or an Android phone in order to use it. If you already have an Android powered phone, or an iPhone, then you can download their free app for mobile known as "m4m".

The vast majority of drivers that use the internet know that the driving directions MQ offers are very accurate, they are also very quick and easy to follow. I've been a loyal user of this service for many years, it has never disappointed me, in fact, the service is so good that I even convinced my dad of using it, and my dad doesn't even know how to use computers!

Mapquest was the first internet mapping site that I ever used, after using MQ for the first time I became very interested about online mapping softwares, and since then I have used most of the free online mapping sites that are available to us. Now I'm quite familiar with sites like Yahoo Maps, Bing Maps, Expedia, Via Michelin, Rand McNally, and many more, but my favorite alternative to AOL's online mapping service is definitely Google Maps.

If you live in Europe or if you ever go there for vacations don't forget to use Via Michelin, Via Michelin is probably the most popular online mapping website and free driving directions service in Europe. Another very popular European internet mapping site is Mappy, the only problem is that mappy focuses more on french speaking countries and users while Via Michelin is more global. I live in the USA so I use Mapquest and Google driving directions all the time, I have to travel a lot to Europe because I have a little business over there, when I go to Europe I always use Via Michelin.




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