{"id":1397,"date":"2010-12-04T01:09:00","date_gmt":"2010-12-04T01:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.novonon.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/04\/maps-google-vs-bing-vs-yahoo\/"},"modified":"2010-12-04T01:09:00","modified_gmt":"2010-12-04T01:09:00","slug":"maps-google-vs-bing-vs-yahoo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.novonon.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/04\/maps-google-vs-bing-vs-yahoo\/","title":{"rendered":"Maps: Google vs. Bing vs. Yahoo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/boingboing\/iBag\/~3\/ehlBkPnAAf4\/maps-google-vs-bing.html\">Maps: Google vs. Bing vs. Yahoo<\/a>: &#8220;<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"mappingamerica.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.boingboing.net\/images\/mappingamerica.jpg?resize=600%2C240\" width=\"600\" height=\"240\"><\/p>\n<p>Justin O&#8217;Beirne takes a close look at the most popular online map sites to try and figure out just why Google Maps is more readable. It comes down to the finest of details: Google adds white outlines to city names that are just thick enough to conceal what is behind the text, has a finely-tuned contextual hierarchy of type sizes, and a carefully selected color scheme.<\/p>\n<p>As an aside, it&#8217;s intriguing how each service&#8217;s maps artistically reflect their corporate operators&#8217; natures. Google&#8217;s is perfectly organized and functional, devoid of embellishment. Microsoft Bing&#8217;s is beautiful and overdesigned, with a subtle palette of lavender and teal. Yahoo&#8217;s looks like someone vomited a spaghetti dinner in Carrot Top&#8217;s hair.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.41latitude.com\/post\/2072504768\/google-maps-label-readability\">Google Maps &#038; Label Readability<\/a> [41Latitude via <a href=\"http:\/\/daringfireball.net\/linked\/2010\/12\/03\/google-maps-label-readability\">DF<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><small><strong>Update<\/strong>: Wow, Tumblr has a bandwidth limit? 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