The US Local Map is a basic, albeit still useful,
application for finding maps and driving directions. However, it should be
mentioned that it is obviously designed to offer much more than just maps
including weather, news, shopping, etc., and on the whole these don’t appear to
be implemented in the best way. Quite honestly, the majority of it feels like a
fairly blatant attempt to get users to visit the main page and return for other
reasons rather than just being a map application.
However, US Local Map still offers the same basic
map tools as other sites including route plotting and travel distances. The map
isn’t as high of quality as similar sites however it is still simplistic and
fairly easy to use. USLocalMap, like other tools, does offer the basic features
of Zoom, etc.
Overall, USLocalMap still just feels like a tool that could
use a lot of improvement. It really needs some more work to be able to compete
with the other map applications available. I will continue to monitor them and
report any improvements
