{yahoo Maps {(formerly|yahoo Local)} is a web mapping service application and technology provided by yahoo, that powers many map-based services, including the yahoo Maps website, yahoo Ride Finder, yahoo Transit,[1] and maps embedded on third-party websites via the yahoo Maps API.[2] It offers street maps, a route planner for traveling by foot, car, bike (beta), kayak,[3] or public transport and an urban business locator for numerous countries around the world. yahoo Maps satellite images are not updated in real time; they are several months or years old.
yahoo Maps uses a close variant of the Mercator projection, so it cannot show areas around the poles. A related product is yahoo Earth, a stand-alone program which offers more globe-viewing features, including showing polar areas.}