I need to plan a journey, from my home address, to Tottenham Court Road, in London. I will use Google Maps and a different site called Multimap.
- I found that even though google Maps was the more reputable company, it was Multimap that I found easier to navigate. Multimaps directions were clear and concise with regular checkpoints marking a change of road in the journey. In addition to this I founfd that you could choose between the quickest and/or the shortest journey route, which was useful.
- The problems I found using google maps was that the route it gave me seemed to go round unnecessary round-a-bouts and down into dead-ended cul-de-sacs. Additionally the estimated time of arrival that Google gave me was one and one quarter hours more than multimaps estimated time.
- However Multimap was not without its problems. Multimaps `quickest` route led me through roads that weren't pictured on the map, instead was a picture of a field. Either the road doesnt exist, or the satellite pictures had not been updated in a while.
- One thing Google maps offered that Multimap didnt was Bird's eye view, which gave me the option of taking a close-up view of the roads.0
- One thing I found in common between the two sites is that they both offer a normal map, and a terrain view, giving me the option of more detail.
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