Exit numbers

[mmcirvin]

Though they clearly have data on highway exit numbers (since they show up in the driving directions), exit numbers don't appear in Google's map view. This is irritating. Most of their competitors show them; to my mind this is a major attraction of Windows Live Local, though it may not outweigh the service's UI irritations.

I had a theory that this is because Google is in California, where there is no established system of exit numbers. They may not realize that exit numbers are actually used in conversation in the Northeast when giving driving directions.

However, the omission may be more due to Navteq, which supplies Google's maps and map data. Yahoo Maps, which also uses Navteq's map data, omits exit numbers as well. And while Yahoo is another California company, Navteq seems to be based in Chicago, where there are exit numbers. So I'm not sure what the reasoning is.

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[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

Exit numbers have been appearing over the last year or two, but are not in vogue yet.