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May 09, 2007

New Mapping Functionality on Yahoo! Travel

Just a quick shout out to our friends at Yahoo! Travel who just developed a new mapping prototype using the Yahoo! Maps API. They've essentially layered off-network maps of national parks and airports on top of the maps already incorporated into the Travel Guides. It doesn't change any of the other mapping tools like panning, zooming and satellite view, but does add a bit more detail. Check out this example of the Grand Canyon:

The full capability isn't in alpha yet, but it'll be interesting to see how it evolves. You can play with a couple of the map prototypes here and here.

Also check out the Yahoo! Local/Maps Blog for more detail.

Raj Gossain
Yahoo! Search

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Comments

Can you give me a link to the map above? Would love to see that directly.

Posted by: Barry Schwartz | May 9, 2007 08:52 AM

Thanks!

Posted by: Barry Schwartz | May 10, 2007 04:53 AM

Wow, this is a great news! Thanks to Yahoo!

Posted by: Ayu Agustini | May 18, 2007 07:32 PM

Is this service available to use on travel websites? I use Google maps at the moment, it would be nice to have an alternative.

Posted by: Rentals | May 22, 2007 06:35 AM

Once again, great advice coming from this blog!

Posted by: Trade Show Advice | May 23, 2007 12:54 PM

The maps look much more detailed than Google maps too.

Posted by: Andy Keeler | May 28, 2007 11:19 AM

Thank you so much!

Posted by: Exclusive Home Furnishings | June 6, 2007 10:08 AM

This is great. Thank you!

Posted by: Scented Candles | June 6, 2007 10:11 AM

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Nice useful features

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joo

Posted by: hotels | June 26, 2007 03:20 PM

Yes. Idont have to use googlemaps anymore.

Posted by: edreems | July 30, 2007 07:22 PM

Very interesting feature. Thanks for the hard work!

Posted by: The Dog Clothing and Dog Collar Company | September 24, 2007 08:26 AM

Wow! This tool is similar like Google map but it s more specific

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