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Re:Microsoft: Hey, Apple Maps haters, Use Bing for iPhone in... by nivla on Wednesday September 26, 2012 @09:26PM (#4578873)
The title of the article is just silly, sounds like a 13 year old came up with it. However, having used Bing maps, it seems like a great alternative to Google Maps. Both have Streetview, Transit maps and can also detect nearby businesses. The Bing map's layout and typography looks much cleaner and fresher than Google, but that's just my personal opinion.

http://binged.it/TDK322 http://goo.gl/maps/N06xc

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Re:Microsoft: Hey, Apple Maps haters, Use Bing for iPhone in... by kevinqi on Thursday September 27, 2012 @12:18AM (#4579328)
I don't know about that. Google has done a fantastic job at a lot of details such as colors and readability of street names that really improve usability. In the Bing version, the color palette is much closer together and less visually distinguishable. And Google Maps is the only map service I've ever encountered that does zooming in and out in a non-jarring way.
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Re:Microsoft: Hey, Apple Maps haters, Use Bing for iPhone in... by elithrar on Thursday September 27, 2012 @12:52AM (#4579417)
> Google has done a fantastic job at a lot of details such as colors and readability of street names that really improve usability.

This made me recall this great comparison between Google and Bing Maps from 2011: http://www.hostileuser.com/2011/01/06/google-map-legibility/

Added: It appears the source is no longer available.

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Re:Microsoft: Hey, Apple Maps haters, Use Bing for iPhone in... by olalonde on Thursday September 27, 2012 @09:24AM (#4580526)
Where does Bing gets its streetview data? Does Microsoft also have streetview cars or do they license it from Google?
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Re:Microsoft: Hey, Apple Maps haters, Use Bing for iPhone in... by ZeroGravitas on Thursday September 27, 2012 @04:23PM (#4582697)
A streetview car with Bing and navteq branding drove past me last week in the uk.
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Re:Microsoft: Hey, Apple Maps haters, Use Bing for iPhone in... by cvrajeesh on Thursday September 27, 2012 @12:18AM (#4579327)
> http://binged.it/TDK322 The map is not shown when accessing it from India!!!
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Re:Microsoft: Hey, Apple Maps haters, Use Bing for iPhone in... by bahularora on Thursday September 27, 2012 @01:10AM (#4579458)
It says : To search outside India, change the country appropriately (e.g. United States – English) at the top right corner of the page. Change the country to India for richer maps of top Indian cities.

Edit: You will see the new bing maps once you change country to USA. Which is way better than older version.

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