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Waaaaay back in the early days of the intermanets, when Mapquest et al were new, you could plot a route from Point A to Point B, and some of these sites would actually give you a CHOICE of routes... avoiding highways; fastest, shortest, etc...

How come they stopped doing that? And to my Googlish friends: Doesn't that seem like it would be useful? You could add it to Google Maps! People would love you even more!

Seriously... my sat nav does this, why can't teh intrawebz???

Date: 2006-04-21 04:24 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jim-p.livejournal.com
I myself have tried playing with "find fastest route" versus "find shortest route" via mapquest. The results have been... interesting...

Date: 2006-04-21 04:29 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dianec42.livejournal.com
Hey, those options were NOT there the last time I looked at Mapquest! Innnnnnteresting.

Date: 2006-04-21 11:04 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dmk.livejournal.com
They come and go. Sometimes they're only available on long trips, other times the options totally disappear for months.

Date: 2006-04-21 02:55 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dianec42.livejournal.com
In that case, howzabout if I bitch and moan about unstable UI? (-:

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