Bing maps: didn't take long to find a error

We put our money on GOOGLE!!!!

Just reemember. No matter what map you use.. ENGAGE BRAIN BEFORE ENGAGING TRANSMISSION.

We use paper, hold on my lap, Benchmark Maps. I've never used Bing but I hate the new Google.

Hi All.

I guess we are some of the very few that have had great luck using the Google Maps. And two different "DeLorme GPS SYstems, over the past 10 to 12 years or and have had no problems.

We do also bring the Good Sam Road Atless with since they first came out and to our attention. We so far have never been taken down any wrong roads, or wrong turns. We do check out-out trips well ahead of our time to hit the road, so we are never rushed or ever in a hurry.

You can also give me a Map and a Cumpas, and I would never ever get lost either. To long n the Army and I am a "Expert Map Reader"

That and we have been around traveling these roads for the past 45+ years as RV'ers . Over the years, we have found a couple of Maps and GPS Systems that I wouldn't trust to go across the street with. The information in Maps and GPS Systems is only as good as the company that puts them together and with the information that they had at that time.

Good Luck . Happy Travels. Dan & Jill & our "Two Small Yorkies"

Just used Bing maps to show a route from my residence to the next town. It routes me across the river where there is no road or no bridge. Mapquest routes me correctly

TucsonJim wrote:
That's interesting. I've used Bing Maps for the last three years, and I've never been led astray yet. However, Google maps shows my house as two blocks from where it really is. I guess none of them are perfect.

X-2, according to Google, (which I use all the time),my local Mom & Pop store is located in the middle of the woods, with no road to it, approximately 1.5 mi from where it actually is. as you say, none of them are perfect. ;)

I don't think it will make much difference. All mapping programs locate spots by latitude and longitude. One typo and you wind up in an empty field. And they update them every year or two to account for new roads, previous mistakes and near me, one road that's been divided into three separate parts by subdivisions. When traveling, I plan with Streets an Trips, but supplement with a Rand McNally road atlas and detailed state maps at rest areas when I enter a new state. All of them release a new version every year or two for updates and to fix reported typos. If two of the three agree, I go with that.
If things didn't change, we'd never get stuck in a traffic jamb by roadwork crews.
I actually got so lost crossing a border between two states so many times, that I had to stop in a gas station to ask what state I was in. Now, that's embarrassing!

That's interesting. I've used Bing Maps for the last three years, and I've never been led astray yet. However, Google maps shows my house as two blocks from where it really is. I guess none of them are perfect.