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 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 been 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. A real achievement was the introduction of the MapBlast service online. The type of servicecovers anything that has to do with geographical orientations including both directions and maps. Since Microsoft redirected Vicinity’s MapBlast, the users of MSN Maps and Directions can use Mapblast as well. The site re-orientation came as a result of Microsoft’s acquisition of Vicinity MapBlast. Even if already very numerous, the visitors to the Microsoft online services have increased partly because of the appearance of MSN MapBlast.

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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 was 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, what does the MSN MapBlast service have to offer the site’s 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; find your way in the neighborhood, map the vicinity and locate any place where you’d like to go .

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In spite of the bigger number of users attracted by MSN, there are some who seem dissatisfied with the directions and map service offered by the MSN MapBlast, since the integration in the Microsoft structures a few years ago. Some say that the new service lacks some of 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.