Maps - which do you use?

Google Maps vs. Yahoo Maps vs. MapQuest vs. Microsoft Live
API's
Which do you prefer and why?
Dan

I built a "locator" application for the hobby I'm heavily
involved with
(flying model helicopters) that utilises map technology and
the decision
there was based on which maps looked the best for my own
location...
I went with Microsoft Maps (Virtual Earth) because the level
of detail was
better at the time of my choice.
It may still be - I can't be bothered checking right now :)
I found the online documentation to be very good - easy to
follow, copy
paste and tweak code, play for a while then launch the app
pretty quickly.
I agree with Patty on the directions thing though - it might
not be the best
set of directions you can get, but that really applies to all
direction
software IMO...
You can see my app in action here:
http://www.tenzeroten.com/locator/index.asp
Select a location from the list, click the button and wait
for the next page
to oad - this is my only gripe... the JS powering the map API
is obviously
quite large, so it can take a while to load in. I'm not sure
if there's a
workaround for that either. (Note: this "club locator" does
not contain all
available clubs - just those that have bothered to add their
details to the
system so far).
I learned what I needed to build that app from the live docs:
http://dev.live.com/virtualearth/sdk/
Cheers,
Rob
http://robgt.com

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