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I don't know about that. Google has done a fantastic job at a lot of details such as colors and readability of street names that really improve usability. In the Bing version, the color palette is much closer together and less visually distinguishable. And Google Maps is the only map service I've ever encountered that does zooming in and out in a non-jarring way.


> Google has done a fantastic job at a lot of details such as colors and readability of street names that really improve usability.

This made me recall this great comparison between Google and Bing Maps from 2011: http://www.hostileuser.com/2011/01/06/google-map-legibility/

Added: It appears the source is no longer available.




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