Maps.ask.com, a new contendant in the web 2.0 mapping race
Luistxo Fernandez
2006/03/01 18:17
Maps.ask.com , a new contendant in the Ajaxian maps competition. It comes after Google Maps and Virtual Earth, and they have no API for the moment, but the roadmaps and streetplans for much of Europe are clearly superior.
Now this place I am now, Eibar, has drag-and-zoom maps:
Several eastern European countries covered as well:
In Russia, St. Petersburg and Moscow have streetplans!
The satellite views are not as detailed as in Google, but, they reach the level of resolution that Google has in many areas of lower resolution. As a matter of fact, they share imagery. Compare this and this , same clouds over the Basque coast.