New Interactive Print Page for Maps!
Based on a lot of user input, the latest update we’ve made to the Broadband version of Yahoo! Maps is to the Driving Directions print page. The new format of the “Printable Version” allows for an interactive experience that simply put, makes them more useful and easier to read.
Here are some of the coolest new features of the interactive printable maps:
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Click on the title of the print page or in the “notes” box to personalize it. Instead of “Directions to Sunnyvale, CA” you can change it to “Mike’s Surprise Birthday” or add in useful information like a phone number. -
Change the font size of the driving directions between Small, Medium, or Large — one font size does not always fit all!
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Choose among Map & Directions, Map Only, or Directions only to save space and ink, and you can remove the summary and notes for a more compact set of directions.
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Remove individual steps in your directions, like how to get from your house to the freeway, if they’re not important to you.
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Clicking “Show Cumulative Distance” will allow you to get a cumulative mile-post for each maneuver, great for people who use their odometer. Just set it at the beginning of your journey.
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Change your included map layout from one to three panels, including total route, the start point, and the end point.
While we can’t do much to make sure people don’t forget their printed directions before hopping in their car, we can make them more useful to those who do remember! We hope you like the changes, and your feedback is very important to us. Please keep it up and don’t forget to use our Yahoo! Local and Maps suggestion board!
Mike Lawless, Product Manager, and the Yahoo! Maps Team
April 7th, 2007 at 3:59 am
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April 9th, 2007 at 10:52 am
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April 9th, 2007 at 6:44 pm
Great… Looks Cool…
Defninitely better then before… And best part is you really acted on my suggestion I posted on Yahoo! suggestions board.
Well, there are still more things you can do as I said in the original post.
1. Make all the map areas draggable and zoomable because the default size you give may not suits everybody.
2. Instead of giving only two options for map display; complete route OR complete route with end and start point why not give user option to add more map areas which he can zoom in and drag at his own wish, suppose if I want to get the print out of 3 complex turns in the way as well.
3. Symbols for the Highways and Interstate like instead of plainly writing I-75 or FL-219 use symbols for them.
The last request is only to make it look more cool.
I must say, you people rock…. Acting this fast was the last thing I had expected….
April 11th, 2007 at 8:37 am
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August 24th, 2007 at 10:58 pm
Thanks Yahoo. This is very convenient feature.
August 30th, 2007 at 1:57 am
Iam trying to modify the size of the yahoo map . In the css if i give width less than 250px . the map size just increases and takes some default width which is 400px. Please help as soon as possible.
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