Patch and MapQuest are Getting Together

Your local Patch site might have an article like the ones I saw for Duluth and Chevy Chase yesterday. It highlights how Patch now hosts live traffic thanks to MapQuest.

MapQuest Offers Inrix Traffic

Mapquest is slowly adding on the missing pieces to its online mapping service.

- MapQuest Blog

NYTimes: No Need for Trip Planning Software

John Quain asks in this Sunday’s Times: “IN a world where portable G.P.S. navigation devices cost less than $200 and free mapping software from Google, Microsoft and AOL is available online, is there any reason to buy a trip-planning program for your computer?” His answer is no. He concludes that Microsoft’s Streets & Trips 2008 and DeLorme’s Street Atlas USA 2008 are no longer needed in the face of PNDs from Garmin, TomTom and Magellan. His reason does not have to do with funcationality, but the practical matter of seeing the screen on a dash mounted display vs. an “on seat” laptop.