By Bill Slawski, on March 23, 2006
Angie McKaig writes about the possible expansion of Google’s Transit Trip Planner service to Toronto.
At the time that I orginally write this post, the service was only available in the Portland, Oregon, area according to the Google Transit FAQ at that time, but that page told us that they “plan to expand to cities throughout the United States and around the world.” Look at the Google Maps Transit page to see where it’s now available.
Ms. McKaig noted an article in this morning’s Metro News on the creation of such a service. The article reports that the City was considering creating its own online service with transit information which would have cost more than $2 million. They also note that there are no estimates of a cost involving partnering with Google, nor has a time frame been established if they move forward together.
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By Bill Slawski, on January 6, 2006
Imagine joining a social network like Orkut or Friendster and having the chance to leave comments on local businesses, restaurants, and more, and having those endorsements show up in Google local results.
The folks at Google have imagined something like that, and have published a patent application that describes how it might be done.
Methods and systems for endorsing local search results
Inventors: Thomas Christopher Korte, Sumit Agarwal, and Celia Saino
United States Patent Application 20060004713
Filed: June 30, 2004
Published January 5, 2006
Abstract:
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By Bill Slawski, on December 31, 2005
I need landmarks when I get driving directions. I get lost without them.
The last time I took a long trip by car, I used a couple of different online mapping programs to get me to where I was going. Or at least most of the way there. The directions worked fine the first 320 miles, until I had less than a couple of miles to go.
Then I drove around for 40 minutes, in the middle of Massachusetts, trying to find a hotel that I had made reservations at.
I wish that there was something better.
Yep, I didn’t ask directions. I should have. A couple of good landmarks would have helped.
Continue reading Human Friendly Driving Directions From Google?
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