Google Maps vs Map24

I think Maps24 wins hands down.

[fischermx]

Neither Google Maps nor Google Earth seems to have the amount of information provided by Map24.
They have Gas Stations, Hospitals, Malls, small parks, which is not surprising, but they have them for latinamerican cities!

How Google can't provide this?

[coopster]

Hadn't heard of them until this. Checked it out and it is quite impressive.

[jtara]

Unfortunately, the home page is unbearably slow to come up, which will turn a lot of users off. The home page is also terribly confusing.

It's not even immediately apparent that you can get a map. Too much marketing material on the home page. Is this really even intended for consumers, or is it a technology demo? They need to decide, and if it IS intended for use by consumers, create a seperate site to market their technology for other purposes.

The map part, though, is as fast as the home-page is slow! Very nice presentation, intuitive user controls, optional 3-d rendering with very smooth animation.

[coopster]

Unfortunately, the home page is unbearably slow to come up, which will turn a lot of users off

Java is being invoked.

[fischermx]

Yes, it is a bit slow.
But it is because of Java. They don't use AJAX.
They have a nice feature of measuring distances because of this, thing that Google doesn't have.

They're maps are so exact, I see it in my neighborhood, they have each detail. Sadly they have the satellite views outdated respecting how much zoom is available. In google earth I see my home, in map24 I barely see the block, however, since all have the same provider I think this might be fixed soon.

[jtara]

The satellite images take a while to get all the detal. They are using multi-pass JPEG, where you get successivly clearer view. Wait a while.

I can see cars parked outside my building quite clearly, the outlines of the balconies on my building are clearly seen, and I am even convinced that I can see shadows of people gathered around the fountain in nearby Balboa Park.