Google Maps Adds Public Transit Data In 50 Cities
Jan 13, 2009 at 4:46pm ET by Matt McGee
Already recognized in some quarters as the most feature-rich of the major mapping sites, Google Maps has announced the addition of public transit data in more than 50 cities around the world.
The new Transit Layer is available as a choice under the MORE button on the Google Maps interface:
Once selected, the Transit Layer will display public transportation lines/routes for the area you're viewing. Google describes it as a "virtual metro map on top of Google Maps." It doesn't provide full schedules and routing details like Google Transit does, but it will show the transit lines in the [...]
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Google Releases More Public Transit Info, Other Green Initiatives For Earth Day
Apr 22, 2008 at 1:04pm ET by Greg Sterling
You've seen the Earth Day logos, now comes several Earth Day related announcements from Google. The most significant of those involves the expansion of Google Transit to nine new US locations, including San Francisco, Denver, Millwaukee, Ann Arbor and Holland, MI, Kansas City, MO, Framingham and Cape Cod, MA.
Here's more from the Google LatLong blog. Other green related initiatives and announcements launching in celebration of Earth Day can be found on the Official Google blog.
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Google Transit Comes To Europe
Nov 14, 2007 at 8:20am ET by Barry Schwartz
The Google LatLong blog announced that Google Transit now supports certain areas in Europe.
Google Transit is a tool to help you find public transportation options for your trip or commute. Google Transit supports travel southeast of the UK, SBB, Switzerland, VBZ, Zurich, Switzerland, Turin, Italy, and Florence, Italy. Yes, Google Maps and Google Transit are also integrated for the available European options mentioned above.
Here is an example route for Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Careggi to Piazza Leopoldo Pietro:
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Google Transit Now In Google Maps
Oct 8, 2007 at 9:45am ET by Barry Schwartz
Google Operating System reports Google Transit data can now be found in Google Maps for select cities.
If you plot driving directions between Norwalk, California and Orange County, California, you should see an option on the left for "Directions: Drive There - Take Public Transit." Clicking on "Take Public Transit" will plot Google Transit data within maps.
After you click on the transit link, you are given various ways to take public transportation between the two locations. Here is a picture of that in action:
Here is an embedded map:
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Google Transit Coming To New York Metropolitan Area
Aug 24, 2007 at 12:21pm ET by Barry Schwartz
Google May Start New York Transit Guide to Boost Ads from Bloomberg reports that Google Transit will soon support the New York/New Jersey metropolitan area.
Currently Google Transit covers about 15 U.S. cities including Burbank, Humboldt County, Orange County, San Diego, Tampa, Honolulu, Duluth, Las Vegas Monorail, Reno, Eugene, Portland, Pittsburgh, Austin, Dallas and Seattle. Two of New York's largest transit companies, New Jersey Transit and the MTA have both confirmed working with Google to provide maps and schedules to Google.
Greg Sterling was quoted when asked about the potential ad [...]
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