Yahoo! Maps Update Includes More Neighborhoods, Expanded Worldwide Coverage
Yahoo! has rolled out a major update to Yahoo! Maps, with expanded worldwide coverage, new and more focused neighborhood data, and many stylistic improvements.
The new neighborhood data allows you to get more specific information for any given location, with lower zoom levels and more localized data, including schools, rest areas, resorts, restaurants, and so on.
300 cities have been updated in all, from Palo Alto to Chicago, and 12,000 new neighborhoods have been added, from “Lower East Side” (New York, Milwaukee, Bridgeport) to “Lower Collegetown” (Ithaca). The expanded worldwide coverage adds or improves on a good portion of Eastern Europe.
Style improvements include adjusted label colors for better legibility and lighter map tiles.
While one can appreciate the improvements made to Yahoo! Maps, I believe you could still be put off by the noisy advertisements in the bottom left corner — which is flashier than anything you’ll see at Google Maps or Microsoft Live Maps.
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