Lazycoder

Mapping software lately

I stopped using Mapquest when it got me lost in El Paso. It was telling me to take a street that doesn’t exist.

My wife loved MSN Mappoint up until last weekend when it got her lost in REDMOND FREAKING WASHINGTON. That’s right, Mappoint couldn’t get her from the Group Health Eastside hospital to Ooba Tooba’s over behind the Ben Franklin in Redmond. Told her to take a street that doesn’t go all the way through. Google Maps led me right to it.

That’s the problem with most Microsoft products lately, they add all the bells and whistles but forget to make sure the basics are working. I mean, how does the QA team at Mappoint work? Can’t they at least drive around in their own city and see if their directions work?