I was excited to login to Mapquest.com today and notice that they’ve implemented a feature that is an absolute necessity for real estate agents. Mapquest is known for providing accurate maps and detailed explanations on driving directions to your destinations. Now, you can create a route using their “beta” route planner to input more than one destination.
The first thing you will notice is that Mapquest is now implementing Ajax technology to create a seamless user experience. You can add up to 10 destinations with ease using saved history or direct input. You’ll also find useful that you may select to avoid highways or avoid tolls. This comes in really handy when planning routes for your clients on showing tours. Simply take a printed copy of your final route with you and being lost becomes a rarity. You can even feel safe to provide a copy for your clients if they are following you; in Houston I have yet to get lost using the Mapquest turn by turn directions.
There is one key feature that I enjoyed about Ask.com Maps multi-route planning tool that Mapquest has yet to implement. With Mapquest, you are not able to drag or rearrange the destinations based on the proximity with one another. I found this tool to be really handy on Ask.com Maps as I always didn’t know which was faster to get to each route. One way to work around this caveat with Mapquest is to simply enter the address where it becomes saved in your history. If you need to delete the destination on your list are re-insert it elsewhere, it’s quite simple after the initial input. Simply click on the “saved and recent” butt next to the address input box and a list will come up showing all your past searches for address. Click the desired address and your are done.
Mapping software has really been taking giant leaps forward. Through nearly everyday use, I’ve self-discovered that Mapquest has the most accurate directions that it’s competitors. Now that Mapquest allows for multi-route planning, which saves me from printing directions to and from each property, I am confident that all my mapping needs are now taken care of by Mapquest.
I wonder what the next improvement will be?
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