Derrick
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The highway matter
I took two major online road mapping and routing sites and made them fetch directions to the same destinations and the difference is big! Both get you there but in different ways.
I used www.map24.co.za and www.ananzi.co.za to give me directions to various locations around Gauteng and something funny came out of this simple study.
www.map24.co.za tends to avoid freeways where www.ananzi.co.za tries to keep you on them. Ananzi came out more useful to me. An option to stick to or avoid main routes would be nice on both sites, but such an option lacking, www.ananzi.co.za gets my vote.
To be fair
We have to be fair. www.map24.co.za is in BETA phase, but this is a major oversight they need to look into. The reason this is an major oversight to me, is the fact that freeways are safer if not quicker…
ANANZI is based on Brabys which can be found here http://www.brabysmaps.co.za/brabys/
Other mapping services
http://www.brabysmaps.co.za/brabys/
http://www.easymap.co.za/
http://www.mapstudio.co.za/
Technorati : ananzi, ananzi.co.za, antowan, byway, distance, highway, main, map, map24, map24.co.za, mapping, maps, route, www.ananzi.co.za, www.map24.co.za
Del.icio.us : ananzi, ananzi.co.za, antowan, byway, distance, highway, main, map, map24, map24.co.za, mapping, maps, route, www.ananzi.co.za, www.map24.co.za
Zooomr : ananzi, ananzi.co.za, antowan, byway, distance, highway, main, map, map24, map24.co.za, mapping, maps, route, www.ananzi.co.za, www.map24.co.za
Flickr : ananzi, ananzi.co.za, antowan, byway, distance, highway, main, map, map24, map24.co.za, mapping, maps, route, www.ananzi.co.za, www.map24.co.za
I took two major online road mapping and routing sites and made them fetch directions to the same destinations and the difference is big! Both get you there but in different ways.
I used www.map24.co.za and www.ananzi.co.za to give me directions to various locations around Gauteng and something funny came out of this simple study.
www.map24.co.za tends to avoid freeways where www.ananzi.co.za tries to keep you on them. Ananzi came out more useful to me. An option to stick to or avoid main routes would be nice on both sites, but such an option lacking, www.ananzi.co.za gets my vote.
To be fair
We have to be fair. www.map24.co.za is in BETA phase, but this is a major oversight they need to look into. The reason this is an major oversight to me, is the fact that freeways are safer if not quicker…
ANANZI is based on Brabys which can be found here http://www.brabysmaps.co.za/brabys/
Other mapping services
http://www.brabysmaps.co.za/brabys/
http://www.easymap.co.za/
http://www.mapstudio.co.za/
Technorati : ananzi, ananzi.co.za, antowan, byway, distance, highway, main, map, map24, map24.co.za, mapping, maps, route, www.ananzi.co.za, www.map24.co.za
Del.icio.us : ananzi, ananzi.co.za, antowan, byway, distance, highway, main, map, map24, map24.co.za, mapping, maps, route, www.ananzi.co.za, www.map24.co.za
Zooomr : ananzi, ananzi.co.za, antowan, byway, distance, highway, main, map, map24, map24.co.za, mapping, maps, route, www.ananzi.co.za, www.map24.co.za
Flickr : ananzi, ananzi.co.za, antowan, byway, distance, highway, main, map, map24, map24.co.za, mapping, maps, route, www.ananzi.co.za, www.map24.co.za