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Mapquest was an old standby for me for a long time. Then msn came out with one I liked better. Now today I find that google has released a beta version of their own spin on web mapping and directions. Needless to say I am impressed enough to blog about it. This service seems to go where other services have needed to go for a while now. First, this one is not quite so picky about your syntax, (anyone who has used mapquest has probably experienced this). Second, you can search for restaurants, grocery stores, even beer stores (see below) near your location. Then just click it and get directions. I guess the fact that it accepts a line like "Beer stores near place address here", or "great sushi near xxx" and boom there you go, is what I like. The other map services are going to have some catching up to do.
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