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This is another FAQ. However, I can only give you the common answers - there are no really good English map online yet, as far as I know, and let me share with you the services I use for Chinese map.
That's it. The three most powerful map provider in Shanghai.
P.S. The reason I posted some kind of "common sense" is because of one post I wrote years ago when I really have no topic to write about - the emergency number in Shanghai is 119, instead of 911. The post was responded so well by my readers because many of them didn't know it.
"Good Online Local Shanghai Map?" was posted by Jian Shuo Wang at July 6, 2008 1:02 AM under (Discover Shanghai) category. Copyright: You are free to redistribute this work, as long as you keep this disclaimer and this link: http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20080706_good_online_local_shanghai_map.htm
I like Dingding Maps because you can also look up bus lines and driving directions. Baidu's bus lines were a little outdated the last time I checked... http://ddmap.com/
Posted by: Micah Sittig (external link) on July 6, 2008 12:31 PMSmartShanghai's is the best - it's not as good as any of the Chinese ones - but it's decent.
http://www.smartshanghai.com/maps/smsh_map.php
Posted by: T. (external link) on July 6, 2008 9:13 PMAn amazing 3D map of Shanghai: http://sh.edushi.com
Google Maps has a public transport search feature in beta at: http://ditu.google.cn/transit
Posted by: ede on July 6, 2008 11:20 PMShanghaiexpat.com has an english map (though none of the english maps are as good as the chinese maps):
http://www.shanghaiexpat.com/map.phtml
How about City Weekend's English online map?
http://www.cityweekend.com.cn/shanghai/listings/dining/.map/big/
At least it is an interactive English map.
Posted by: Edward on July 7, 2008 2:43 PMI use the interactive English map on the following site before driving in to Shanghai. Has been very useful over the years. Even observed it updated with the change of infrastructure in Shanghai during 2007.
http://www.smartshanghai.com/maps/smsh_map.php
This is new http://www.shanghaistuff.com/wpage/shanghai-map
Posted by: Copyboy on August 16, 2008 7:22 PM