Google Maps For Mobile Adds Transit Directions

Name: Google Maps For Mobile Adds Transit Directions
Uploaded: 2008-06-06T08:45:10+00:00
Duration: 1 min 53 s
Description: Google Maps launched transit directions within Maps back in October of 2007. Now, Google Maps is bringing you that data directly in Google Maps for Mobile. Google Maps for Mobile version 2.2 brings bus and train schedules, prices, routes, and directions directly on your mobile device. Here is a shor

By Barry Schwartz

Published: June 6, 2008 at 8:45 am

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Google Maps launched transit directions within Maps back in October of 2007. Now, Google Maps is bringing you that data directly in Google Maps for Mobile. Google Maps for Mobile version 2.2 brings bus and train schedules, prices, routes, and directions directly on your mobile device.

Here is a short and easy to understand video demonstrating the Google Maps for Mobile transit directions:

Other features added in version 2.2 include faster searching on BlackBerry devices and star ratings for businesses.

Are these new features available on the iPhone or for non-Blackberry or Java-based mobile clients? Not yet, but Google said they are currently “working to bring public transit directions to Google Maps on other devices.”

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Barry Schwartz

Barry Schwartz is a technologist and a Contributing Editor to Search Engine Land and a member of the programming team for SMX events. He owns RustyBrick, a NY based web consulting firm. He also runs Search Engine Roundtable, a popular search blog on very advanced SEM topics.

In 2019, Barry was awarded the Outstanding Community Services Award from Search Engine Land, in 2018 he was awarded the US Search Awards the "US Search Personality Of The Year," you can learn more over here and in 2023 he was listed as a top 50 most influential PPCer by Marketing O'Clock.

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