Driving Directions on Yahoo! Maps India
Yahoo! Maps released Driving Directions for india maps. some of the nice features are to get landmark based directions. for example, “cubbon park bangalore to lal bagh bangalore” gives the following directions :
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Straight (0.4 km) on a local road in Gandhi Nagar, Bangalore
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Take Slight 4th Right (past State Central Public Library on the right), go 0.8 km
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At roundabout, take 2nd exit onto 10th Main Rd, go 0.5 km
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Slight Left (past Vintagi Hotel on the left) onto Mission Rd, go <100m
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Slight 1st Right (past Vintagi Hotel on the left) onto Subbaiah Cross Rd, go 0.1 km
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Slight 2nd Right onto Lal Bagh Rd, go 1 km
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Arrive at Lal Bagh Road, Bangalore
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and it gives auto-rikshaw fares – nice touch.
Dist:3 Kms.
Auto Fare:18 Rs Approx.
Time:12 mins. it also works for other towns, for example “charminar hyderabad to osmania university hyderabad”. nice touch. it doesn’t work however, if your query string dosn’t have cities in them (try “osmania university”, shows ohio). more improvement is yet to come, but good start overall.
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Hi,
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