Tag Archives: Google Maps

Bus stop locations appear in Google Maps Street View

Google’s Street View features shows where businesses, organizations, and other features are by inserting icons into the street images.  One of the features included is bus stops.  If a system is on Google Transit, with accurately-located bus stops, then customers … Continue reading

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Mapping transit frequency online

Jarrett Walker at humantransit.org makes the case for frequent transit network maps. If you look at almost any street map, a map designed for motorists or to give people a general sense of the shape of the city, you’ll see … Continue reading

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Google Maps feature watch: nearby transit stops in search results

Check it out… now, when you search for a location at google.com, if the location is found in Google Maps, and transit data is available for nearby service (read: on Google Transit and publishing Google Transit Feed Spec data), the … Continue reading

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New York Times: “Everyman Offers New Directions in Online Maps”

I’m two weeks late now blogging on the NYT article from Nov 16 on crowdsourcing maps, “Everyman Offers New Directions in Online Maps”. Open Street Map has enabled users to make near-instant edits to map data, wiki-style, for some time … Continue reading

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