google maps provides perfect navigation anytime i use it. We can also download use maps offline incase of network issue.

A good example of where the Google map API platform simply fails to deliver when users looking for accurate cycle directions for the US, though I have seen some good examples for the UK too. The route takes users looking for a cycle route from Philadelphia to Newyork straight across the North Athlantic ocean !!

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Philadelphia,+PA&daddr=New+York,+NY&hl=en&geocode=Fc-fYQIdcxeF-ynrS7XU2LfGiTHBWD6M2BT1iQ%3BFR1AbQIdK8KW-yk7CD_TpU_CiTFi_nfhBo8LyA&mra=mr&mrcr=0&dirflg=b&sll=40.549287,-73.885803&sspn=1.03721,1.513367&ie=UTF8&z=9&lci=bike

Business's and developers beware of the basic google location solutions. very funnny just how bad they are, I will stick with Bing and ViaMichelin.

Every Google map experience I have using their main website or it being used for business has been very poor.

The accuracy of the locations and the directions are very limiting. It is very cheap and the mapping date is very out of date too. The FREE API is just a basic mapping solution.

Visited Glasgow after absence of many years: have just checked google maps and found that they are out of date, and therefore useless for passing on information to family and friends. Highly disappointing, to say the least. Tag line below map shows 2009 - clearly not true as of last week's evidence of own eyes.