It was a nearly cloudless, sunny day in San Francisco as I set out on my Wednesday drive. My goal: Test the accuracy and timing of the maps and driving directions provided by Yahoo, Google, MSN and ...

If you’re leaving, it helps to know where you’re going, right? Over the past decade, the Internet has nourished a number of free map providers, which will furnish you with customized information to ...

While the paper map may be dead to some drivers, it's still arguably the most reliable way to reach an unfamiliar destination. That is, provided you remember to keep one stashed in your glovebox. With ...

Not only did Bay Area commuters have to figure out the best detours around the destroyed portions of the MacArthur Maze, so did the companies that provide online driving directions. Google, Yahoo and ...

Google announced pretty big news for their Google Maps app, letting users on Android and soon to come to iOS to download driving directions locally to the device, in case they don't have internet on ...

Mapquest was there in 1996, almost a decade before modern-day Google Maps. It is the world’s first online mapping and turn-by-turn direction service. The name Mapquest was synonymous with finding ...

Not only did Bay Area commuters have to figure out the best detours around the destroyed portions of the MacArthur Maze, so did the companies that provide online driving directions. Google, Yahoo and ...

As a reporter, I can’t tell you how much time online driving directions have saved me. When I’m heading to an interview in a new housing development that doesn’t exist on my now outdated map of Bend, ...