Comparison of web map services

Feature Google Maps Bing Maps MapQuest Mapy.cz OpenStreetMap Here WeGo Apple Maps Yandex Maps
License Proprietary Proprietary Proprietary Proprietary ODbL 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]
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]
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]
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, German, English, Slovak, Polish, Ukrainian, Russian 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
Viewing interface
Feature Google Maps Bing Maps MapQuest Mapy.cz OpenStreetMap Here WeGo Apple Maps Yandex Maps
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), 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
Map zoom 22 (more levels available through parameter) 19-22 (depending on which map control is used)[7] 17 19 19 18 Vector-base 19
Mouse scroll wheel map zoom Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes[8] Yes
Direct mouse interface (draggable, etc.) 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
Keyboard shortcuts Yes Yes No No Yes Yes - routing with directions Yes 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[9] 4: explore, standard, hybrid, satellite; all include a traffic data layer 5: standard, hybrid, satellite, traffic, 3D
3D mode Yes, limited to certain areas Yes (Windows 8/10) No Yes Yes, third-party[10] Yes, limited to certain areas Yes Yes (mobile version)
3D landmarks Yes Yes No Yes (Czech Republic) No Yes Yes Yes
Weather No No Yes Yes, third-party[11] Yes Yes No
Backend JSON JSON, XML, JavaScript, .NET XML Java, JavaScript
Backend providers Google Microsoft Seznam.cz OpenStreetMap Foundation. Paid for by various individuals and companies. HERE Apple Yandex
Data
Feature Google Maps Bing Maps MapQuest Mapy.cz OpenStreetMap Here WeGo Apple Maps Yandex Maps
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
Map data providers MAPIT, Tele Atlas, DigitalGlobe, MDA Federal, user contributions TomTom, OpenStreetMap, Intermap, Pictometry International, NASA, Blom, Ordnance Survey,[12] 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[13]
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
Searching
Feature Google Maps Bing Maps MapQuest Mapy.cz OpenStreetMap Here WeGo Apple Maps Yandex Maps
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.
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
User created Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Levels of filtering 1 0 0 0 0 0
Directions
Feature Google Maps Bing Maps MapQuest Mapy.cz OpenStreetMap Here WeGo Apple Maps Yandex Maps
Directions Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes[14] Yes – by car, foot, public transport Yes Yes
Reverse directions Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes, third-party[15] Yes Yes Yes
Public transport integration Yes, limited to certain areas Yes, limited to certain areas[16] Yes Yes, limited to certain areas Yes, third-party[17] Yes, limited to certain areas[18] Yes, not available in certain countries Yes, limited to certain areas
Walking directions Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Wheelchair directions Yes, accessibility information No No No Yes, third-party[19] No No No
Bicycle directions Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Multiple destinations Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes, third-party[20] Yes Yes, limited to certain types (gas station, cafe) 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
Live traffic information Yes Yes (35 countries)[21] Yes Yes (Czech Republic) Yes, partial in a third-party[22] Yes Yes Yes
Historic traffic Yes No No No Yes No Yes
Personalization
Feature Google Maps Bing Maps MapQuest Mapy.cz OpenStreetMap Here WeGo Apple Maps Yandex Maps
Set home location Yes Yes Yes Yes, if registered Yes, if registered Yes Yes Yes
Save maps Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes
Printing
Print option Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes
Scale to print No No No No No No Yes Yes
Crop to print Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes
Notes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes
Retains overlays? Matched searches, directions Matches searches, directions, collections No Marker Favourites, directions Matched searches Favourites, directions
Collaboration / embedding
Create hyperlink Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes, both permalink and shortlink Yes Yes Yes
Send hyperlink to email Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes No
Embed HTML Iframe link Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes, when sent via iMessage 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 Apple Maps, MapQuest, Foursquare, Craigslist, Apple iPhoto, Wikipedia, World Bank Mercedes-Benz in-car system, Alpine in-car system CarPlay In Car System,[23] Yandex.Navigator, Yandex.Trafic, Yandex.Transport, Yandex.Schedules
API available Yes Yes - Javascript, WPF, .NET (C#, VB), C++, Windows 8/10, WP 7/8, REST Yes Yes Yes Yes - developer.here.com Yes - developer.apple.com/reference/mapkit Yes
Other http://microsoft.com/maps

Blog http://blogs.bing.com/maps

Wordpress plugin / open search
Shareable maps Yes Yes Via Email, Facebook, Twitter No Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Readily available overlays Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes
Advertising
Feature Google Maps Bing Maps MapQuest Mapy.cz OpenStreetMap Here WeGo Apple Maps Yandex Maps
Business advertising Yes Yes - Microsoft consumer apps, not in B2B apps or APIs No Yes No Yes No Yes
Mobile
Mobile-specific website Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes[24] No, application dependent Yes
Mobile-specific application Yes Yes Yes Yes Android only via OsmAnd and STAPPZ[25] Yes, for Nokia mobile phones and iOS and Android Yes Yes
Contact integration Yes Yes No Yes No No Yes Yes
Voice integration Yes, via Android Maps app, upcoming feature for full web mode Yes No Yes Yes, with OsmAnd Yes Yes Yes
GPS integration Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Directions Yes Yes Yes - with OsmAnd 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
Interactive maps Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes, in custom implementations e.g. via STAPPZ[25] for Android 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 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
Cell-based location Yes Yes Unknown Yes Unknown Yes Yes Yes
Wi-fi location Yes Yes Unknown Yes Yes Yes Yes
Supported languages 74[26] 117[5] 20 33[6] 4
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  14. ^ There are also several online routers available, like OSRM, GraphHopper or Cloudmade. Archived 2012-05-24 at archive.today
  15. ^ There are several, like OSRM, YOURS Archived 2011-07-14 at the Wayback Machine and MapQuest Archived 2014-11-29 at the Wayback Machine.
  16. ^ "Bing Maps Transit Coverage". microsoft.com. Microsoft. 8 June 2022.
  17. ^ "ÖPNVKarte". Archived from the original on December 5, 2012. Retrieved November 27, 2010.
  18. ^ "Get transit directions in more than 1,000 cities with HERE Maps". HERE 360.
  19. ^ "Rollstuhl-Routing". rollstuhlrouting.de. Archived from the original on 2010-12-06.
  20. ^ "RouteXL - snelste route naar meerdere adressen". RouteXL.
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  22. ^ Only Open Route Service Archived 2014-11-15 at the Wayback Machine and only in NRW and Bavaria
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