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As you can tell even from these snapshots, the Mappy image is not as clear as
those provided by Google. Also, Google Maps continues to be the hands down
winner in navigating around the map smoothly.
Mappy is very good not only for travel directions but also for identifying local
landmarks, hotels, cash machines, parking lots, etc. None of the other mapping sites
can match Mappy in these areas yet, but it is clear the competition is fierce and map
sites and services are only going to get better and better.
Mappy's Aerial Photos
Street-Level Map Views
http://www .mappy.com/(select Maps I Aerial Photos)
Both France Telecom's Pages Jaunes and Spain's Callejero Fotographico (Photographic
Street Guides) offer street-level views of cities using "stroll" technologies.
These sites require the Macromedia Flash plug-in to use the visual maps. Both sites
are worth a visit because they are both impressive and potentially very useful if you
ever need to see a specific place in one of a number of French or Spanish cities.
This is a snapshot from Pages Jaunes of the Place du Carrousel in downtown Paris.
Note especially the icon below the photograph that lets you get a full 360-degree
view of the location:
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