A9.com Has Its Own Map

Wednesday 17 August 2005 @ 12:20 am

A9
Most of us have heard about Google Maps and MSN Virtual Earth, both provide similar free mapping service. yesterday A9.com, a subsidiary of Amazon.com, launched A9.com Maps Beta, a service that shows users an interactive map with street-level images.

A9 Maps

Quoted:
A9’s Block View(TM) technology brings traditional maps to life by combining driving directions and other convenient mapping tools with street-level images of millions of places and their surroundings. A9.com Maps starts like other web-based maps by asking users to type an address (or two addresses in the case of driving directions) and providing an interactive map in return.


There are various features of A9.com Maps, including :-

  • See street-level images of the addresses.
  • Virtually walk up and down the street to see different photo angles of restaurants, offices, shops, public parks and landmarks.
  • Virtually jump to the opposite side of the street.
  • Click anywhere on the map to see images of places nearby.
  • Zoom in and out and see an overlay of all streets for which A9.com currently has Block View images.
  • Create driving directions, and then click on points along the way (intersections, street corners, etc.) to see how they look in the real world.
  • Click on a point in the map to get the corresponding address.

Seems that the competition of mapping service is getting tense as more companies are offering similar service. Anyway, competition is always healthy as we, end users, will be beneficial from these services. :)


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