3455 results found

1. I think Yahoo! should try to update its Maps by just adding a bit more Google magic to it

   Update Yahoo Maps now!!!

   702nd ranked

   Vote Vote Vote

   We're glad you're here

   Please sign in to leave feedback

   Signed in as (Sign out)

   Close

   Close

   Vote

   We’ll send you updates on this idea

   0 comments  ·  Edit…  ·  Delete…  ·  Admin →
   How important is this to you?

   Not at all You must login first! Important You must login first! Critical You must login first!

   We're glad you're here

   Please sign in to leave feedback

   Signed in as (Sign out)

   Close

   Close

   Submit Rating

2. ride-share market place

   Introduction

   The idea is ride share, not really anything new. However, no major companies have really looked into it and I think integrating an idea like ride share into yahoo maps could really change things and be that new idea that gives yahoo maps a new boost over competitors.

   Motivation

   I recently visited Bangladesh. Like most Asian countries, some very popular modes of transport in Bangladesh are rickshaws. A person from Bangladesh asked me if the U.S. has rickshaws. When I answered no, he asked how people in the U.S. get from place to place. I had to explain to him that other than in cities like New York, its very hard to get by without a car. Even in a city like Atlanta, the span and reliability of public transportation is often sparse and slow. However, I think ride-share can alleviate the commuting problem a little bit.

   Consider the following scenario. I go to yahoo maps. I specify my starting destination and ending destination. Then, things get interesting.

   Ride-share Marketplace

   I go to a new ride-share market place. Potential ride givers are traversing a path similar to mine. These potential ride-givers have their smart-phones handy along with a mobile version of bing maps. I place a bid for how much I am willing to pay to hitch a ride. Other people traversing my path can see my bid along with how much of a hit they will take on their own trip in terms of distance and time. Then, they can choose to offer offer the ride. If multiple people offer a ride, the price of the trip can be negotiated down. If multiple people need a ride, the price of the trip can be negotiated up. As in the case of products sold on websites like e-bay and amazon, registered commuters can be ranked by their piers in terms of their goodness as ride givers, hitch-hikers, and traveling companions in general. Commuter ratings can be taken into account when negotiating a trip price.

   Incentives for Participating Agents

   For any system to function, there needs to be one or more incentives for all necessary agents to participate. The necessary agents in this system are the 1) hitch hikers, 2) ride givers, 3) bing maps, and 4) the community in general.

   1) Incentives for commuters
   As mentioned before, a commute is often an expensive proposition: expensive in terms of money when using one's own car or using a taxi, expensive in terms of time when riding a bus or walking. In many cities, metro rail often has limited range. A hitched-ride can offer a cheaper and faster alternative. The ride-share marketplace can offer a more high-tech and dignified alternative to standing on the side of the road and sticking your thumb out like a hobo or pulling up your skirt like a ****, or behaving like a lunatic in general.

   2) Incentives for ride givers
   The first and obvious incentive is the added income of offering a ride. In addition, many states in the U.S. often have H.O.V. lanes. Despite the looks of envy by countless drivers at those smug gloating jerks cruising down the H.O.V. Lanes in peak traffic, most mere mortal drivers can't use those lanes. Most drivers don't know people who need to get to the same place and exactly at the time as when they themselves need to get there. Picking up a reliable hitch-hiker can help alleviate that problem. Also, if taxi drivers participate in this system along with customers, you can potentially have more people using taxis for trips that would not have been financially possible before. Lastly, public transit authorities can potentially tap into the system, estimate demand for particular routes, increase or decrease the density of buses and trains on given routes, and maybe even dynamically change the fare. Ride-share market place can also potentially increase use of services like zipcar.

   3) Incentives for Yahoo
   Yahoo is a commercial enterprise whose goal is to generate revenue. Unfortunately, the vast majority of people don't like paying for soft intangible services like the ones provided on the Internet. The best place to make money for such a service is from people who can make money by using a service. A service like ride-share market place can generate revenue through targeted advertising. When people use map-related services like bing maps or google maps, they use them for many reasons; the searched locations are not necessarily starting locations or destinations. However, with ride-share market place, the source, destination, and trip times of the advertising targets are necessarily known. Furthermore, ride-givers that charge money for providing rides can be charged a fixed fee or a percentage on their income similar to e-bay and amazon. Lastly, when commercial businesses such as transit companies, taxi companies, car-share companies, or car rentals attempt to tap into this service, such businesses can be charged separately.

   Final words

   Car pooling means fewer cars on the road, less congestion, lower emissions, and lower gas prices due to lower demand for gas. Furthermore, the ride-share market place offers greater choice for commuters and greater freedoms. When people are able to move about more freely, it can lead to greater economic activity.

   Adaptive, dynamic provisioning of capacity based on demand is usually a lot more efficient than static over provisioning or under provisioning. This is a known fact in the design of data centers. This is the underlying principle that is driving the smart-grid idea. This idea should be adopted for public transit as well.

   Introduction

   The idea is ride share, not really anything new. However, no major companies have really looked into it and I think integrating an idea like ride share into yahoo maps could really change things and be that new idea that gives yahoo maps a new boost over competitors.

   Motivation

   I recently visited Bangladesh. Like most Asian countries, some very popular modes of transport in Bangladesh are rickshaws. A person from Bangladesh asked me if the U.S. has rickshaws. When I answered no, he asked how people in the U.S. get from place to place. I had to explain to… more

   339th ranked

   Vote Vote Vote

   We're glad you're here

   Please sign in to leave feedback

   Signed in as (Sign out)

   Close

   Close

   Vote

   We’ll send you updates on this idea

   0 comments  ·  Edit…  ·  Delete…  ·  Admin →
   How important is this to you?

   Not at all You must login first! Important You must login first! Critical You must login first!

   We're glad you're here

   Please sign in to leave feedback

   Signed in as (Sign out)

   Close

   Close

   Submit Rating

3. Please up date your maps around Fruit Cove fl, 32259 and add tulipwood ct and blackwood ct. This area is over 2 years old.

   Southwood area is located off Bishop Estate Rd and Orange Ave. It has two streets Tulipwood Ct and Blackwood Ct, with over 40 families living there. This area is over 2 years old. This makes it hard to receive packages etc because of your maps being out of date.

   702nd ranked

   Vote Vote Vote

   We're glad you're here

   Please sign in to leave feedback

   Signed in as (Sign out)

   Close

   Close

   Vote

   We’ll send you updates on this idea

   0 comments  ·  Edit…  ·  Delete…  ·  Admin →
   How important is this to you?

   Not at all You must login first! Important You must login first! Critical You must login first!

   We're glad you're here

   Please sign in to leave feedback

   Signed in as (Sign out)

   Close

   Close

   Submit Rating

4. 7120-99 Ave,Edmonton Alberta Canada to 930 heritage view Saskatoon Saskatewan
   339th ranked

   Vote Vote Vote

   We're glad you're here

   Please sign in to leave feedback

   Signed in as (Sign out)

   Close

   Close

   Vote

   We’ll send you updates on this idea

   2 comments  ·  Edit…  ·  Delete…  ·  Admin →
   How important is this to you?

   Not at all You must login first! Important You must login first! Critical You must login first!

   We're glad you're here

   Please sign in to leave feedback

   Signed in as (Sign out)

   Close

   Close

   Submit Rating

5. when you click on directions it should work not just set their
   702nd ranked

   Vote Vote Vote

   We're glad you're here

   Please sign in to leave feedback

   Signed in as (Sign out)

   Close

   Close

   Vote

   We’ll send you updates on this idea

   0 comments  ·  Edit…  ·  Delete…  ·  Admin →
   How important is this to you?

   Not at all You must login first! Important You must login first! Critical You must login first!

   We're glad you're here

   Please sign in to leave feedback

   Signed in as (Sign out)

   Close

   Close

   Submit Rating

6. 15401 sonoma hwy Sonoma CA does exist! There is the Hamel Family Winery right there!

   The Hamel Family Winery is right there!

   702nd ranked

   Vote Vote Vote

   We're glad you're here

   Please sign in to leave feedback

   Signed in as (Sign out)

   Close

   Close

   Vote

   We’ll send you updates on this idea

   0 comments  ·  Edit…  ·  Delete…  ·  Admin →
   How important is this to you?

   Not at all You must login first! Important You must login first! Critical You must login first!

   We're glad you're here

   Please sign in to leave feedback

   Signed in as (Sign out)

   Close

   Close

   Submit Rating

7. Tarant comunity colledge

   we need it on arlington texas map!

   339th ranked

   Vote Vote Vote

   We're glad you're here

   Please sign in to leave feedback

   Signed in as (Sign out)

   Close

   Close

   Vote

   We’ll send you updates on this idea

   0 comments  ·  Edit…  ·  Delete…  ·  Admin →
   How important is this to you?

   Not at all You must login first! Important You must login first! Critical You must login first!

   We're glad you're here

   Please sign in to leave feedback

   Signed in as (Sign out)

   Close

   Close

   Submit Rating

8. Quality Inn 1645 Pickwick St Hwy. 128 S., Savannah, TN, US, 38372 Phone: (731) 925-4141Fax: (731) 925-1100

   This address do exist in Savannah, TN but the Yahoo Maps could not find this address.

   702nd ranked

   Vote Vote Vote

   We're glad you're here

   Please sign in to leave feedback

   Signed in as (Sign out)

   Close

   Close

   Vote

   We’ll send you updates on this idea

   0 comments  ·  Edit…  ·  Delete…  ·  Admin →
   How important is this to you?

   Not at all You must login first! Important You must login first! Critical You must login first!

   We're glad you're here

   Please sign in to leave feedback

   Signed in as (Sign out)

   Close

   Close

   Submit Rating

9. It said it cannot find Martin Tn 38237 on the map. You need to get a better program. the town has like 8000 people in it and a state college
   702nd ranked

   Vote Vote Vote

   We're glad you're here

   Please sign in to leave feedback

   Signed in as (Sign out)

   Close

   Close

   Vote

   We’ll send you updates on this idea

   0 comments  ·  Edit…  ·  Delete…  ·  Admin →
   How important is this to you?

   Not at all You must login first! Important You must login first! Critical You must login first!

   We're glad you're here

   Please sign in to leave feedback

   Signed in as (Sign out)

   Close

   Close

   Submit Rating

10. doesnt work

    fix it and fix yahoo email while you are there--the newest version is slower --locks up--freezes

    702nd ranked

    Vote Vote Vote

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback

    Signed in as (Sign out)

    Close

    Close

    Vote

    We’ll send you updates on this idea

    0 comments  ·  Edit…  ·  Delete…  ·  Admin →
    How important is this to you?

    Not at all You must login first! Important You must login first! Critical You must login first!

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback

    Signed in as (Sign out)

    Close

    Close

    Submit Rating

11. What has happened to yahoo Mail, Finance in the past 3 months is discusting, please return to original yahoo.
    702nd ranked

    Vote Vote Vote

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback

    Signed in as (Sign out)

    Close

    Close

    Vote

    We’ll send you updates on this idea

    0 comments  ·  Edit…  ·  Delete…  ·  Admin →
    How important is this to you?

    Not at all You must login first! Important You must login first! Critical You must login first!

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback

    Signed in as (Sign out)

    Close

    Close

    Submit Rating

12. Permit cross streets for directions

    Permit cross streets for direction locations

    702nd ranked

    Vote Vote Vote

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback

    Signed in as (Sign out)

    Close

    Close

    Vote

    We’ll send you updates on this idea

    0 comments  ·  Edit…  ·  Delete…  ·  Admin →
    How important is this to you?

    Not at all You must login first! Important You must login first! Critical You must login first!

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback

    Signed in as (Sign out)

    Close

    Close

    Submit Rating

13. Drawbridge is ONE word - not TWO.

    Drawbridge is ONE word - not TWO as is shown when the address is typed. Thanks.

    702nd ranked

    Vote Vote Vote

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback

    Signed in as (Sign out)

    Close

    Close

    Vote

    We’ll send you updates on this idea

    0 comments  ·  Edit…  ·  Delete…  ·  Admin →
    How important is this to you?

    Not at all You must login first! Important You must login first! Critical You must login first!

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback

    Signed in as (Sign out)

    Close

    Close

    Submit Rating

14. Please make maps available for actual addresses. Frequently have to use Google because Yahoo says there's no address found.

    Have a site or contact for situations where the system can't find the address, so the error can be corrected.

    702nd ranked

    Vote Vote Vote

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback

    Signed in as (Sign out)

    Close

    Close

    Vote

    We’ll send you updates on this idea

    0 comments  ·  Edit…  ·  Delete…  ·  Admin →
    How important is this to you?

    Not at all You must login first! Important You must login first! Critical You must login first!

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback

    Signed in as (Sign out)

    Close

    Close

    Submit Rating

15. PLEASE ADD NSHMKNOWLEDGE CAMPUS, DURGAPUR 7132512, WEST BENGAL, INDIA
    702nd ranked

    Vote Vote Vote

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback

    Signed in as (Sign out)

    Close

    Close

    Vote

    We’ll send you updates on this idea

    0 comments  ·  Edit…  ·  Delete…  ·  Admin →
    How important is this to you?

    Not at all You must login first! Important You must login first! Critical You must login first!

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback

    Signed in as (Sign out)

    Close

    Close

    Submit Rating

16. Directions not working - what's going on? Could someone please say something to Marissa?

    Can't get directions from Maps anymore - could someone please let Marissa know?

    702nd ranked

    Vote Vote Vote

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback

    Signed in as (Sign out)

    Close

    Close

    Vote

    We’ll send you updates on this idea

    0 comments  ·  Edit…  ·  Delete…  ·  Admin →
    How important is this to you?

    Not at all You must login first! Important You must login first! Critical You must login first!

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback

    Signed in as (Sign out)

    Close

    Close

    Submit Rating

17. Why does yahoo maps not work with windows 8

    Trash the new system and revert to the old one

    702nd ranked

    Vote Vote Vote

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback

    Signed in as (Sign out)

    Close

    Close

    Vote

    We’ll send you updates on this idea

    0 comments  ·  Edit…  ·  Delete…  ·  Admin →
    How important is this to you?

    Not at all You must login first! Important You must login first! Critical You must login first!

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback

    Signed in as (Sign out)

    Close

    Close

    Submit Rating

18. Fix maps like they use to be!!!!
    339th ranked

    Vote Vote Vote

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback

    Signed in as (Sign out)

    Close

    Close

    Vote

    We’ll send you updates on this idea

    0 comments  ·  Edit…  ·  Delete…  ·  Admin →
    How important is this to you?

    Not at all You must login first! Important You must login first! Critical You must login first!

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback

    Signed in as (Sign out)

    Close

    Close

    Submit Rating

19. Your maps are not working.....Very fustrating...
    702nd ranked

    Vote Vote Vote

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback

    Signed in as (Sign out)

    Close

    Close

    Vote

    We’ll send you updates on this idea

    0 comments  ·  Edit…  ·  Delete…  ·  Admin →
    How important is this to you?

    Not at all You must login first! Important You must login first! Critical You must login first!

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback

    Signed in as (Sign out)

    Close

    Close

    Submit Rating

20. Jacobs Janitorial Services (2) Add a Photo Contact 15655 Airline Hwy Prairieville, LA 70769 (225) 313-3790

    Jacobs Janitorial Services

    (2)
    Add a Photo

    Contact

    15655 Airline Hwy

    Prairieville, LA 70769

    (225) 313-3790

    702nd ranked

    Vote Vote Vote

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback

    Signed in as (Sign out)

    Close

    Close

    Vote

    We’ll send you updates on this idea

    2 comments  ·  Edit…  ·  Delete…  ·  Admin →
    How important is this to you?

    Not at all You must login first! Important You must login first! Critical You must login first!

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback

    Signed in as (Sign out)

    Close

    Close

    Submit Rating