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Feature
Google Maps
Bing Maps
MapQuest
Mapy.com
OpenStreetMap
Here WeGo
Apple Maps
Yandex Maps
2GIS / Urbi
License
Proprietary
Proprietary
Proprietary
Proprietary
ODbL
Proprietary
Proprietary
Proprietary
Proprietary
Availability
Full extra functionality
Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, UK, United States.
Andorra, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Guernsey, Hong Kong SAR, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Isle of Man, Italy, Japan, Jersey, Jordan, Kuwait, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Monaco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Oman, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Romania, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City[ 1]
United States
Czech Republic
All
More than 180 navigable countries
Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, USA[ 2]
All[citation needed ]
Russia (included Crimea), Kazakhstan, Abkhazia, Ukraine (in past), Saudi Arabia, UAE, Oman
Limited extra functionality
Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Gibraltar, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia (Moscow only), San Marino, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey (Istanbul only)
Bahamas, Cayman Islands, China, Macao SAR, Malta, Virgin Islands[ 1]
No limited functionality
Voice guided navigation for both pedestrians and drivers for 74 countries in 46 different languages
Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Luxembourg, Macau, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, UK, USA, Venezuela, Vietnam[ 2]
Kyrghyzstan, Uzbekistan, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Italy (Padova only), Chile (Santiago only), Egypt (New Cairo only)
Directory listings
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, Japan, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Taiwan, the UK, and the United States
Global
None
Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Luxembourg, Macau, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, UK, USA, Venezuela, Vietnam[ 2]
None
Officially supported web browsers
IE7+, Firefox 2.0.0.8+, Safari 3+, Mozilla 1.7+, Opera 8.02+, Google Chrome 1+
IE7+, Firefox 3.6+, Safari 5+, Google Chrome, Mobile Browsers (Internet Explorer, Apple iPhone, Google Android, Research in Motion (RIM) BlackBerry Browser)
IE10, IE11, Chrome, Firefox, Safari (g+)
MS Edge, Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Opera, Seznam.cz (all latest or 1-2 previous versions)
IE7+, Mozilla Firefox 3.5+, Google Chrome 4+, Safari 4+
IE7+, Mozilla Firefox 3.5+, Google Chrome 4+, Safari 4+
None, application-dependent
Internet Explorer 9+, Firefox 2.0.0.8+, Mozilla 1.7+, Opera 8.02+, Google Chrome 1+[ 3]
IE9+, Firefox 2.0.0.8+, Safari 3+, Mozilla 1.7+, Opera 8.02+, Google Chrome 1+
Officially supported interface languages
74 languages:
Afrikaans, Azerbaijani, Indonesian, Malay, Bosnian, Catalan, Czech, Danish, German (Germany), Estonian, English (United States), Spanish (Spain), Spanish (Latin America), Basque, Filipino, French (France), Galician, Croatian, Zulu, Icelandic, Italian, Swahili, Latvian, Lithuanian, Hungarian, Dutch, Norwegian, Uzbek, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Romanian, Albanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Finnish, Swedish, Vietnamese, Turkish, Greek, Bulgarian, Kyrgyz, Kazakh, Macedonian, Mongolian, Russian, Serbian, Ukrainian, Georgian, Armenian, Hebrew, Urdu, Arabic, Persian, Amharic, Nepali, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Punjabi, Gujarati, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Sinhala, Thai, Lao, Burmese, Khmer, Korean, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese[ 4]
117 languages[ 5]
Dansk, Deutsch, Dutch, English, French, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish
Czech, English, German, Italian, Polish, Russian, Slovak, Ukrainian
50+ website translations, unlimited map languages
30 including English, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Korean, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish
33 languages:
English, Arabic, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Norwegian Bokmål, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese[ 6]
English, Russian, Ukrainian, Turkish
Russian, Ukrainian (in past), Kazakh, Abkhazian, Arabic, Georgian, Armenian
Viewing interface
Feature
Google Maps
Bing Maps
MapQuest
Mapy.com
OpenStreetMap
Here WeGo
Apple Maps
Yandex Maps
2GIS / Urbi
Degrees of motion
Vertical, horizontal, depth, rotation (beta), 360 panoramic (Street View), 3D mode (Google Earth JavaScript)
Vertical, horizontal, depth, 360 panoramic (Streetside), 3D mode (tilt, pan, rotate)
Vertical, horizontal, depth
Vertical, horizontal, depth, 360 panoramic (Panorama),[ 7] 3D mode (tilt, pan, rotate)
Vertical, horizontal, depth
Vertical, horizontal, depth (zoom), Tilt (3D), rotate 360 degrees
Vertical, horizontal, depth, rotate 360 degrees, 3D
Vertical, horizontal, depth, rotation (mobile version), 360 panoramic, 3D mode
Vertical, horizontal, depth, rotation, 3D mode
Map zoom
22 (more levels available through parameter)
19-22 (depending on which map control is used)[ 8]
17
19
19
18
Vector-base
19
20
Mouse scroll wheel map zoom
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes[ 9]
Yes
Yes
Direct mouse interface (draggable, etc.)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Dynamic search results based on dragging on the map
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Keyboard shortcuts
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes - routing with directions
Yes
No
No
Map types
6: map with traffic data (separate transit and bicycle view), satellite with traffic data (3D LiDar for certain places not present in most places), hybrid
9: road, satellite, hybrid, bird's eye, traffic, 3D, London street map, ordnance survey map, venue map
3: road, satellite, traffic
8: standard, traffic, outdoor, with photos, satellite, winter, geographic, haptic
5: standard map, transport map, cycle map, humanitarian
7: map view, satellite, terrain, 3D, traffic, public transportation, heat map, map creator, explore places, community[ 10]
4: explore, standard, hybrid, satellite; all include a traffic data layer
5: standard, hybrid, satellite, traffic, 3D
14: standard, traffic, outdoor, winter, realty, friends, public transportation, parking, currency exchange, touristic, traffic accident heat map, photos, 3D, immersive roads
3D mode
Yes, limited to certain areas
Yes (Windows 8/10)
No
Yes
Yes, third-party[ 11]
Yes, limited to certain areas
Yes
Yes (mobile version)
Yes
3D landmarks
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Weather
No
No
Yes
Yes, third-party[ 12]
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Backend
JSON
JSON, XML, JavaScript, .NET
XML
Java, JavaScript
Java, JavaScript
Backend providers
Google
Microsoft
Seznam.cz
OpenStreetMap Foundation . Paid for by various individuals and companies.
HERE
Apple
Yandex
2GIS
Data
Feature
Google Maps
Bing Maps
MapQuest
Mapy.com
OpenStreetMap
Here WeGo
Apple Maps
Yandex Maps
2GIS / Urbi
Age of satellite imagery
1–3 years [dubious – discuss ]
1–3 years[citation needed ]
1–4 years
No
1–3 years
1–3 years
1–4 years
No
Map data providers
MAPIT, Tele Atlas , DigitalGlobe , MDA Federal, user contributions
TomTom , OpenStreetMap , Intermap , Pictometry International , NASA , Blom , Ordnance Survey ,[ 13] SK Planet
TomTom , OpenStreetMap , and others
Seznam.cz, OpenStreetMap and others
User contributions, open data and data donations
HERE
TomTom , and others Archived 2013-05-15 at the Wayback Machine
user contributions, NAVTEQ and others[ 14]
OpenStreetMap , JAXA , Global Forest , Navicom , Rosreestr , DigitalGlobe
Directory data providers
Google+ , ThomsonLocal.com
Live Local Listings, Yellow Pages, NAVTEQ, Yelp (ratings and reviews), TripAdvisor (ratings and reviews)
Infogroup (contact info, hours, and description), Yelp (ratings, reviews, and "Good to Know")
Seznam.cz and others
OpenStreetMap Nominatim , GeoNames
HERE
Yelp (ratings and reviews), TripAdvisor , others Archived 2013-05-15 at the Wayback Machine
Yandex.Directory
2GIS
Searching
Feature
Google Maps
Bing Maps
MapQuest
Mapy.com
OpenStreetMap
Here WeGo
Apple Maps
Yandex Maps
2GIS / Urbi
Location
Post code, street name, town, neighborhood, city, plus code (aka OLC) (long and short), long./lat.
Post code, street name, town, neighborhood, city, landmark, administrative district, long./lat.
Post code, street name, town, state, Zip+4
Post code, street name, town, neighborhood/suburb, state/region, city, country, OLC (long and short), Zip+4, long./lat.
Post code, street name, town, neighborhood/suburb, state/region, city, country, Zip+4, long./lat.
Post code, street name, town, neighborhood/suburb, state/region, city, country, long./lat.
Post code, street name, town, neighborhood/suburb, state/region, city, country, Zip+4, long./lat.
Post code, street name, town, neighborhood, city, long./lat.
Post code, street name, town, neighborhood, city, landmark, administrative district, long./lat.
Entity
Business, places of interest, airport codes
Airport code, businesses, collections, directories, landmarks, postal codes
Business, places of interest
Airport code, businesses, landmarks, postal codes, places of interest
All possibility, no restriction
Business, places of interest, landmarks, airport codes
Business, places of interest, airport codes, postal codes
Business, places of interest
Business, places of interest, landmarks, friends on map, airport codes
User created
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Levels of filtering
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Directions
Feature
Google Maps
Bing Maps
MapQuest
Mapy.com
OpenStreetMap
Here WeGo
Apple Maps
Yandex Maps
2GIS / Urbi
Directions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes[ 15]
Yes – by car, foot, public transport
Yes
Yes
Yes
Reverse directions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes, third-party[ 16]
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Public transport integration
Yes, limited to certain areas
Yes, limited to certain areas[ 17]
Yes
Yes, limited to certain areas
Yes, third-party[ 18]
Yes, limited to certain areas[ 19]
Yes, not available in certain countries
Yes, limited to certain areas
Yes, limited to certain areas
Walking directions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wheelchair directions
Yes, accessibility information
No
No
No
Yes, third-party[ 20]
No
No
No
Yes, accessibility information
Bicycle directions
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Multiple destinations
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes, third-party[ 21]
Yes
Yes, limited to certain types (gas station, cafe)
Yes
Yes
Send to device
Yes, via email
Yes, via email and Cortana (feature coming in Windows 10 anniversary update)
Yes, via email, SMS, Car, GPS, Facebook
Yes, via synchronization, email, Facebook, Twitter, QR, link sharing
No
Yes, via synchronization
Yes, via handoff, link sharing, or airdrop
Yes, via email
Yes
Live traffic information
Yes
Yes (35 countries)[ 22]
Yes
Yes (9 countries)[ 23] [ 24] [ 25]
Yes, partial in a third-party[ 26]
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Historic traffic
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Personalization
Feature
Google Maps
Bing Maps
MapQuest
Mapy.com
OpenStreetMap
Here WeGo
Apple Maps
Yandex Maps
2GIS / Urbi
Set home location
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes, if registered
Yes, if registered
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Save maps
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Printing
Print option
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Scale to print
No
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Crop to print
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Notes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Retains overlays?
Matched searches, directions
Matches searches, directions, collections
No
Marker
Favourites, directions
Matched searches
Favourites, directions
Favourites, directions
Collaboration / embedding
Create hyperlink
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes, both permalink and shortlink
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Send hyperlink to email
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Embed HTML Iframe link
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes, when sent via iMessage
No
No
Application integration
Google Earth , BMW Assist, Tesla Navigation
Windows 8/10, Windows Phone 7/8/10, Microsoft Office (Access, Outlook, Excel – Power View, Power Maps, Power BI), Microsoft SQL Reporting Services, Microsoft Dynamic CRM, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Cortana, Bing Weather, Microsoft Research WorldWide Telescope, AutoCad, ESRI ArcGIS
OsmAnd , Apple Maps , MapQuest , Foursquare , Craigslist , Apple iPhoto , Wikipedia , World Bank
Mercedes-Benz in-car system, Alpine in-car system
CarPlay
In Car System,[ 27] Yandex Maps , Yandex.Navigator , Yandex.Transport, Yandex.Schedules
In Car System, 2GIS
API available
Yes
Yes - Javascript, WPF, .NET (C#, VB), C++, Windows 8/10, WP 7/8, REST
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Other
Azure Maps API Maps Blog
Wordpress plugin / open search
Shareable maps
Yes
Yes Via Email, Facebook, Twitter
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Readily available overlays
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Advertising
Feature
Google Maps
Bing Maps
MapQuest
Mapy.com
OpenStreetMap
Here WeGo
Apple Maps
Yandex Maps
2GIS / Urbi
Business advertising
Yes
Yes - Microsoft consumer apps, not in B2B apps or APIs
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Mobile
Mobile-specific website
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes[ 28]
No, application dependent
Yes
Yes
Mobile-specific application
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes, third-party
Yes, for Nokia mobile phones and iOS and Android
Yes
Yes
Yes
Contact integration
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Voice integration
Yes, via Android Maps app, upcoming feature for full web mode
Yes
No
Yes
Yes, with OsmAnd
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
GPS integration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Directions
Yes
Yes
Yes - with OsmAnd
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Turn-by-turn navigation
Yes, if on Android
Yes - Windows 10
Yes
Yes
Yes, with OsmAnd
Yes
Yes
Yes, if on mobile version
Yes, if on mobile version
Interactive maps
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes, in custom implementations e.g. via STAPPZ[ 29] for Android
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Types of map
Map, satellite, terrain, street
Road, satellite, hybrid, bird's eye, traffic, 3D, London street map, ordnance survey map, venue map
Map, satellite
Outdoor, satellite, winter, standard, traffic, terrain, haptic
only Czech Republic: cadastral, historic (19th century)
Map, terrain, satellite (exclusive to editing)
Map, satellite, terrain, 3D with plugin, 3D without plugin for compatible browsers, night mode
Map, satellite, terrain, hybrid, flyover, 3D
Map, satellite, hybrid, 3D
Map, traffic, 3D
Cell-based location
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wi-fi location
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Supported languages
74[ 30]
117[ 5]
20
33[ 6]
4
7
See also
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^ a b c "iOS 9 Feature Availability – Apple (UK)" . apple.com .
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^ a b "iOS and iPadOS - Feature Availability" . Apple . Retrieved 2023-04-14 .
^ only in Czech Republic
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^ "OS X – Overview – Apple" . Apple .
^ "Nokia – Nokia" . Nokia . Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2011-10-25 .
^ There are several 3D map providers , like F4 Group and OSM Buildings .
^ "Maps - OpenWeatherMap" . openweathermap.org . Archived from the original on November 29, 2014.
^ "About Bing data suppliers" . Bing. Archived from the original on 31 August 2015.
^ "Условия использования сервиса Яндекс.Карты - Правовые документы. Помощь" . yandex.ru .
^ There are also several online routers available, like OSRM , GraphHopper or Cloudmade . Archived 2012-05-24 at archive.today
^ There are several, like OSRM , YOURS Archived 2011-07-14 at the Wayback Machine and MapQuest Archived 2014-11-29 at the Wayback Machine .
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^ "ÖPNVKarte" . Archived from the original on December 5, 2012. Retrieved November 27, 2010 .
^ "Get transit directions in more than 1,000 cities with HERE Maps" . HERE 360 .
^ "Rollstuhl-Routing" . rollstuhlrouting.de . Archived from the original on 2010-12-06.
^ "RouteXL - snelste route naar meerdere adressen" . RouteXL .
^ "Bing Maps Traffic Coverage" . microsoft.com . Microsoft.
^ Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia
^ Vacovský, Marek (2025-02-07). "Mapy.cz rozšiřují dopravní navigaci na polské a rakouské silnice" . mobilenet.cz (in Czech). 24net. Retrieved 2025-03-24 .
^ https://help.mapy.com/cs/mapa/typy/
^ Only Open Route Service Archived 2014-11-15 at the Wayback Machine and only in NRW and Bavaria
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