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Noe Sacoco Jr writes "With high gas prices, traffic and under-investment in public transportation, finding a solution is on the minds of most Americans. Introduced this month, Mapflow's Avego aims to turn private cars into public transit.
Combining real time data location and the ubiquity of the iPhone, Avego matches wasted seat capacity—those seats which are unoccupied—to passengers, reducing commute costs for all participants. The free iPhone application, set to be launched in beta at the end of October, can also work at a feeder to public transportation authorities and corporate campuses." See also Spatial Sustain's recent coverage of Avego.
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Recent iPhone and Android Coverage on the Geoblogs 2 comments
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The geoblogs aren't tired of discussing the iPhone and Android. Here's some recent entries.
Via APB, MapQuest is now optimized for the iPhone.
ABP also share links and information regarding the 300 location-based applications for the iPhone. The same blog mentions Carticipate, an car pool application similar to MapFlow's Avego.
The GEB informs us an iPhone GPS app is available for EveryTrail users.
And finally, AnyGeo points to the O'Reilly iPhone Live 2008 Conference.
In the Google Android corner, as of today, Android is now (mostly?) fully open source. The official Google Lat Long blog links to an entry on Android mapping. Fuzzy Tolerance discuss SugarTrip, a social traffic mapping app for Google Android. APB informs us Google announced location support via Wi-Fi access points in Google Gears. Also interesting is the VISA commitment to use the Android platform. And finally, a little less location-related, a discussion about barcode reading with Android and why it could become a killer app.
See also numerous related stories below.
In the Google Android corner, as of today, Android is now (mostly?) fully open source. The official Google Lat Long blog links to an entry on Android mapping. Fuzzy Tolerance discuss SugarTrip, a social traffic mapping app for Google Android. APB informs us Google announced location support via Wi-Fi access points in Google Gears. Also interesting is the VISA commitment to use the Android platform. And finally, a little less location-related, a discussion about barcode reading with Android and why it could become a killer app.
See also numerous related stories below.
Mass Transit Proximity API Released
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Ian White writes "Today Urban Mapping announces the introduction of the Mass Transit Proximity API—in short, pass us a point/address and we will return stations/lines and their associated distances. Not sexy, but for enhancing local content, massively useful—see search by restaus (for example) within .25 mile (or use minutes walk time for more relevance) of a NYC transit station.
In mobile, ping the API to find out your position relative to transit stations. We were a semifinalist for last spring’s CTIA Navteq LBS Challenge. Here’s a preview link: http://developer.urbanmapping.com/page/demo
Lots of other transit-related things in the pipeline that I’d be happy to chew on. Link to blog post/ 'official' news: http://urbanmapping.com/blog/index.php/2008/11/12/ urbanware-mass-transit-to-the-masses/"
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