Introduction
Maps are the greatest and biggest creation of mankind. In present era can you imagine your life without Digital (online) Maps? We did not realize that when the maps become part of our lives. The way of using maps is changing, the way we think of the world is changing. Having a map of entire world in pocket is a great experience. What is the history of online (digital) mapping? Not long ago , people used to draw and color their maps by hands. This way of Mapping was slow and quite labor rigorous. Digital maps have allowed up to access the entire scope of probabilities. By entering few words and clicking with mouse you can find your route and many places around the earth.With the help of Global Positioning System (GPS) you can reach anywhere without outsiders’ instructions. Digital map was first invented by Dangermond. In 1969 he founded a company named Esri, with his wife Laura. Maps are like observations of real world transposed on to your screen. Digital mapping is a procedure in which the collection of data assembled and formatted into a realistic image. In early days digital maps were somewhat same as conventional paper maps, which provided only virtual view of roads. However as the GPS technology has been grown in past few years ,digital maps too developed much more. At present day users can choose from multiple options like virtual maps , satellite maps (aerial view) and hybrid views(amalgamation of virtual and aerial view). Over the past few years digital mapping tools gained too much fame and grown speedily. Everyone know that google is still the leader when it comes to digital mapping industry.Now a days there are a lot of competitor of Google in digital map technology industry. Digital mapping is also known as online mapping.
Here we are going to talk about some Leading Maps Applications :






