google maps and StreetView etc

[KeithD]

DO NOT use Google Earth for working out distances, it is pants, and very inaccurate, always use Microsoft Live for that http://local.live.com/

The latter is also much better for finding things, zoom in near the place you want, and search for 'Restaurant'. It will then clearly show you them all. Move the map to the right, and it will then recalculate and show you the restaurants in the new location. Brilliant for pre-planning holidays. I have everything entered on my GPS before I leave. Plus use the 3D part, and they have Liverpool in all its glory!

[walesrob]

Out of the 2, Google is more up to date with Maps and satellite views. A local road built in 2001 is still not showing on Live Maps, but is on Google. Do a search for SY234QR - you will see 2 roads on the map, but not on the aerial shot. M$ are useless when it comes to maps, just like their email services.

I had a meeting at a store in Llandudno Junction last Wednesday, and whats funny is that neither the SatNav nor Google could actually find the place properly - the Sat Nav was out by 1 mile, Google gave 2 seperate locations, both wrong by nearly 1 mile. The store itself had been there 12 years and is right opposite the train station I found it just by using a bit of common sense and heading for the town centre.

[KeithD]

Out of the 2, Google is more up to date......

Not quite, they are both 50/50 depending on where you look.

Google has my dads old car in the path from over 5 years ago, MS has his next car. Vegas is newer in MS.