Yahoo Maps Adds Drag And Drop Routing

Dec 18, 2007 at 2:39pm ET by Greg Sterling

Yahoo Maps added drag and drop customizable routing, among several other improvements to the site. There’s more discussion and explanation on the Yahoo Local & Maps blog. Google has a similar feature. Below are some screenshots of the new capability on Yahoo. Additional feature upgrades on Yahoo Maps include photos and reviews in Ajax pop-ups that appear when you mouse over individual business pushpins on the map.

Yahoo directions from San Francisco to Yahoo HQ in Sunnyvale, CA:

And now the customized route, where you’ve dragged the original route off the 101 freeway and over to the 880:

A window in the lower right allows you to compare the two routes by time and distance, which is a nice feature.

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Greg Sterling is a Contributing Editor at Search Engine Land, and writes a personal blog Screenwerk, examining the broader world of media and advertising. He also posts at Internet2Go, which is focused on the mobile Internet.

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