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Comparison of web map services

Feature	Google Maps	Yahoo! Maps	Bing Maps	MapQuest	OpenStreetMap	Nokia Here
License	Proprietary	Proprietary	Proprietary	Proprietary	ODbL	Proprietary
Availability
Full Extra Functionality	Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, UK, United States.	United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and most European countries.	United States, Canada (with the exception of the rural northeastern provinces), United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Australia, New Zealand, Japan(Yahoo Japan only), India	United States	All	More than 180 navigable countries
Limited Extra Functionality	Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Gibraltar, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia (Moscow only), San Marino, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey (Istanbul only)	Unknown	Unknown		No limited functionality	Voice guided navigation for both pedestrians and drivers for 74 countries in 46 different languages
Directory Listings	Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, Japan, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Taiwan, the UK, and the United States	Unknown	Australia and United States		None
Officially Supported Web Browsers	IE7+, Firefox 2.0.0.8+, Safari 3+, Mozilla 1.7+, Opera 8.02+, Google Chrome 1+	IE6+, Firefox 2, Opera 9 or Safari 3	IE6+, Firefox 2+, Safari 3+	IE6+, Firefox 2+, Safari 3+	IE7+, Mozilla Firefox 3.5+, Google Chrome 4+, Safari 4+	IE7+, Mozilla Firefox 3.5+, Google Chrome 4+, Safari 4+
Officially Supported Interface Languages				Dansk, Deutsch, Dutch, English, French, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish	50+ website translations, unlimited map languages	30 including English, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Korean, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish
Viewing Interface
Degrees of Motion	Vertical, Horizontal, Depth, Rotation(beta), 360 Panoramic (Street View), 3D Mode (Google Earth JavaScript)	Vertical, Horizontal, Depth	Vertical, Horizontal, Depth, 360 Panoramic (Streetside), 3D Mode(Tilt, Pan, Rotate)	Vertical, Horizontal, Depth	Vertical, Horizontal, Depth	Vertical, Horizontal, Depth (zoom), Tilt (3D), Rotate 360 degrees
Map Zoom	19 (more levels available through parameter)	17	23^[1]	17	19	18
Mouse Scroll Wheel Map Zoom	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Direct Mouse Interface (Draggable etc.)	Yes	Yes (Low Bandwidth Version: No)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Dynamic search results based on dragging on the Map	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes
Keyboard Shortcuts	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes - routing with directions
Map Types	6: Map, Satellite, Hybrid, Street, Traffic, 3D	3: Map, Satellite, Hybrid, Traffic(US)	10: Road, Satellite, Hybrid, Bird's Eye, Traffic, 3D, Street, London Street Map, Ordnance Survey Map, Venue Maps	3: Road, Satellite, Traffic	3: Standard Map, Transport Map, Cycle Map	7: Map View, Satellite, Terrain, 3D, Traffic, Public Transportation, Heat Map, Map Creator, Explore Places, Community ^[2]
3D Mode	Yes (with plugin)	No	No since November 2010 (previously with plugin)	No	Yes, via http://www.osm-3d.org/	Yes
3D Landmarks		Yes		No	No	Yes
Weather	Yes			No	No	Yes
Backend	JSON	JSON, XML	.NET		XML	Java, JavaScript
Backend Providers	deCarta (formally Telcontar)	Yahoo	Microsoft		Various companies who donate server usage	Nokia/Navteq
Data
Age of Map Imagery					Updated Daily
Age of Satellite Imagery	1–3 years old	4–5 years old	1–3 years old	1-4 years old		1–3 years old
Map Data Providers	MAPIT, TeleAtlas, DigitalGlobe, MDA Federal	NAVTEQ, TeleAtlas, i-cubed, Public domain	NAVTEQ, Intermap, Pictometry International, NASA	Navteq, OpenStreetMap user contributions	User Contributions	Navteq
Directory Data Providers	Google, ThomsonLocal.com	Infoserve - Powered by SmartView	Live Local Listings, Yellow Pages		OpenStreetMap Nominatim, GeoNames	Navteq
Searching
Location	Post Code, Street Name, Town, Neighborhood, City, Long/Lat	Post Code, Street Name, Town, City	Post Code, Street Name, Town, City, Zip+4, Long/Lat	Post Code, Street Name, Town, State, Zip+4	Post Code, Street Name, Town, Neighborhood/Suburb, State/Region, City, Country, Zip+4, Long/Lat	Post Code, Street Name, Town, Neighborhood/Suburb, State/Region, City, Country, Long/Lat
Entity	Business, Places of Interest, Airport Code	Business, Places of Interest, Airport Code	Businesses, Collections, Directories, Postal Codes	Business, Places of Interest	All Possibility, no restriction	Business, Places of Interest, Landmarks, Airport Codes
User Created	Yes	No	(Collections)	No	Yes	Yes
Levels of Filtering	1	Many - SmartView	0	0	0
Directions
Directions	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes via http://maps.cloudmade.com/#	Yes – by car, foot, public transport
Reverse Directions	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Public Transport Integration	Yes	No	Yes - London Underground	Yes	Yes, via http://www.öpnvkarte.de/	Yes in more than 420 cities worldwide^[3]
Walking Directions	Yes (beta)	No	Yes	Yes	Third-party [1]	Yes
Wheelchair Directions	No	No	No	No	Third-party [2]	No
Bicycle Directions	Yes (beta)	No	No	Yes	Yes	No
Multiple Destinations	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Send to Device	Yes, via Email	Yes, via Email, SMS, Car	Yes, via Email, SMS, GPS	Yes, via Email, SMS, Car, GPS, Facebook	No	Yes, via synchronization
Live Traffic Information	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Historic Traffic	Yes	?	?	No	No	No
Personalization
Set Home Location	Yes	No, but remembers last location	Yes, via Microsoft Location Finder ActiveX Control	Yes	No, but remembers last location	Yes
Save Maps	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
Printing
Print Option	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No, but exported images can be printed	Yes
Scale to Print	No	No	No	Yes, if exported image	No	No
Crop to Print	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
Notes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Retains Overlays?	Matched Searches, Directions	Smartview, Directions	Matches Searches, Directions, Collections	No	No	Favourites, Directions
Collaboration / Embedding
Create hyperlink	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes, both Permalink and Shortlink	Yes
Send hyperlink to email	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
Embed HTML Iframe link	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
Application Integration	Google Earth, BMW Assist	Mercedes-Benz In Car System	Microsoft Office, Microsoft Research WorldWide Telescope, Microsoft Photosynth		Apple Maps, MapQuest, Foursquare, Craigslist, Apple iPhoto, Wikipedia, World Bank	Mercedes-Benz In Car System, Alpine In Car System
API Available	Yes	Yes - Javascript and Flash	Yes - Javascript and Silverlight	Yes	Yes	Yes - developer.here.net
Other		Save to del.icio.us	Blog on Windows Live Space			Wordpress plugin / open search
Shareable Maps	Yes	Yes, in [3]	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Readily Available Overlays	Yes	No	Yes (Collections)	Yes	No	No
Advertising
Business Advertising	Yes	No		No	No	Yes
Mobile
Mobile-Specific Website	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes - [4]
Mobile-Specific Application	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes - OsmAnd for Android	Yes, for Nokia mobile phones and iOS
Contact Integration	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No
Voice Integration	Yes, via Android Maps app, upcoming feature for full web mode	No	Yes	No	Yes - with OsmAnd	Yes
GPS Integration	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Directions	Yes	Send directions via SMS with hyperlink	Yes	Yes - with OsmAnd	Yes
Turn-by-turn navigation	Yes, if on Android			Yes	Yes - with OsmAnd	Yes
Interactive Maps	Yes		Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Types of Map	Map, Satellite, Terrain, Street	Map, Satellite, Hybrid	Map, Road, Aerial, Street, London Street Map, Ordnance Survey Map, Venue Maps	Map, Satellite	Map, Terrain, Satellite (exclusive to editing)	Map, Satellite, Terrain, 3D with plugin, 3D without plugin for compatible browsers, Night Mode
Cell-based Location	Yes		No	Unknown	Unknown	Yes
Wi-Fi Location	Yes	Yes	Yes	Unknown	Yes	Yes

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