Personally I don&#x27;t think Google Maps (upon it&#x27;s conception) was 10x better than Mapquest. Even for a while after Maps came around, Mapquest was pretty compelling. Yahoo Maps was also around during this time, circa 2002 I believe, though I don&#x27;t recall using it much.<p>I can think of quite a few products that weren&#x27;t all that great upon first release. Sometimes it takes a few iterations&#x2F;generations for it to really make sense.