I'm a trucker that likes to do some caching on the way at times. Now keep in mind, I said, I'm a trucker. That means, I'm driving a BIG TRUCK! The last thing I need is to try to make course corrections in a big rig. I have been all over the U.S. and rely on my GPS with the trucking option to get around. Sometimes, when I would have to go to new places, I would use my laptop to go online and use map sites to try to get a good idea of where I'm going, and what to expect. Too many times, Mapquest would not match my GPS,which makes things a little confusing, which just waste time in getting my loads there on time. Upon getting to the locations, I would find that the GPS is right, but Mapquest wasn't. When I took up Geocaching, I noticed the Geocaching site used Google maps. While using the maps on the Geocaching site, I also noticed what was on Google maps, always seem to match my GPS. So, I switched to Google maps and found the SAT views much more clearer to view than the Mapquest. This made getting to my locations on the jobs easier, which means faster, and also made finding caches easier, since I don't have a little car to drive around in like other cachers do.
Today, I tried to go for two caches while trying to use the new maps on Geocaching.com. First cache, looked like it was in the middle of a field, upon arrival, it was a mall parking lot. No place to park a big rig, or even drive it in. Thanks a lot. I found that useful. Big rigs don't make U-Turns like a car. Second cache, not so bad, but still not good. I was looking for Park Ave, and there wasn't one. Turned out that the street name was supposed to be Route 21. Again, not very helpful here. I'm driving around in a BIG RIG, so I need accurate information before I get there. I talked to some other friends that are GeoTruckers, and they all agreed, MAPQUEST SUCKS!!!!
When it comes to hauling, we all use Google maps. And when we go geocaching, WE ALL WANT GOOGLE MAPS!!!!
Mapquest is not trucker friendly, so how can it be Geocacher friendly?
If it cost more to use Google maps than Mapquest, there is most likely a good reason why Mapquest is cheaper. It diffidently less accurate, the SAT views are not only out dated, but also not as clear as Google, and there is no hybrid map, which is very helpful to us truckers.
Just let me know when April Fools is over, so I can get back to doing some geocaching again.
