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The invention of the computer has been a blessing and a curse at the same time. In spite of its negative aspects, the delivery of the Internet, as this is maybe the most important function of the computer for all users, no matter whether they are individual or businesses, has marked a major breakthrough. By using the Internet sites one can buy, sell, get information about almost anything in any field of activity, reunite with former colleagues/classmates etc. One of the services launched on the Internet is MapBlast. The type of service, as its name might suggest, has to do with orientation, directions, maps. Thanks to the collaboration of Microsoft with MapBlast by Vicinity, web site visitors to MSN, Maps & Directions can benefit from this service, too.
by LianMaksin

When computers were invented they brought a curse and a blessing that we haven't been able to eliminate. In spite of its negative aspects, the appearance of the Internet, as this is maybe the most important function of the computer for all users, regardless of whether they are individual or businesses, has been a tremendous breakthrough. The world wide web gives unlimited access to information, allows one to buy, sell, advertise, reunite with former friends and colleagues or learn. One of the services launched on the Internet is MapBlast. The type of service, as its name might suggest, has to do with orientation, directions, maps. Since Microsoft redirected Vicinity's MapBlast, web site visitors to MSN, Maps & Directions can benefit from this service, too.

The site redirection is the result of Microsoft's acquisition of Vicinity MapBlast. As Microsoft's MSN users are numerous, the number has continued to grow due to the new MSN MapBlast, in part, too.

Good Housekeeping rated MSN MapBlast 8 out of 10 for the accuracy, detailed street coverage and easiness of use for 11 Western European countries, Canada and the United States.

MapBlast first got functional as a web mapping service launched in the mid 1990s. The initial design of the Vicinity Corporation enabled any website owner to create a map and integrate it in the program.

Anyway, there are other things that MSN MapBlast has to offer to its users For travelers to new parts of the world, MapBlast could be of an incredible help. You can explore the United States, Canada and many other countries at road level; you can create a map of your own vicinity and incorporate it in your home page; you can find your way in a new neighborhood and locate the places you need to go to .

In spite of the bigger number of users that Microsoft's MSN has had, many of them are not that content with the directions and map service offered by the MSN MapBlast, since the redirection of MapBlast a few years ago. Some say that the new service does not offer all the functions that MapBlast.com used to provide.

The new site was created using Microsoft MapPoint technology as the basis for the desktop products and the MapPoint Web Service. You can use the MapPoint Web Service from your own web site. The old MapBlast format nevertheless survives in the new MSN approach and format.

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