Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) has announced that they have launched mall directory maps. This will help you decide where to park during the holiday season so that you are near the stores that you want to go to. So far the mall maps have been integrated into malls across New York and the state of Washington. Bing Maps product manager Brian Hendricks said that they will be adding new mall maps regularly. The mall maps available now are:

Bing Maps have one-upped Google Maps by adding additional information along a route that you choose. This includes information about parking spots and places that have the cheapest gas. This is enough to make me want to switch to Bing Maps from Google Maps. Bing uses parking data from third-party websites like BestParking.com. Microsoft Silverlight might be required. [Lifehacker via ReadWriteWeb]