Google Maps Gets Buildings and Subways
February 12, 2007 on 11:16 am | In Tech News by Josh Jones | 9 CommentsOkay, this isn’t your typical DreamHost blog fodder, but it IS your typical typical blog fodder, so what the heck..
Did anybody notice that Google Maps now has little mini-buildings even on the map view (in some areas)?
And, more importantly, subway stops? I’ve been spending a fair amount of time in New York recently and Google Maps is close to useless there without Subway info!
Now it’s use-full!
(Ah, I guess they did this a few days ago.. well, just today they added more to Los Angeles, so I noticed!)
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February 12th, 2007 at 11:50 am
Yip-eee.
February 12th, 2007 at 12:30 pm
Cool, but sadly nothing added in Vancouver as of yet >=(
February 13th, 2007 at 3:32 am
Edinburgh will be okay as there is no subway, tram or rapid transit system – in fact most of Scotland will be okay as its been over 100 years since an urban transit system was built. However maybe in ~5 years Edinburgh gets a tram. :-)
February 13th, 2007 at 8:29 am
FYI visiting new york:
This guy has the best google subway map mashup. Zoom all the way in to see actual entrances.
http://www.onnyturf.com/subway/
February 16th, 2007 at 2:15 pm
Parts of San Francisco have it as well. Cool! Thanks for the tip. Sure I would’ve noticed it eventually, but now I’ll be looking for it.
I wonder how they’ll be able to keep up with developement. I already notice a couple buildings near my neighborhood in L.A. that are no longer there, but the google map still shows their outline.
February 19th, 2007 at 11:45 am
the subway’s google map put in is not NYC subways just the path trains (trains to NJ)
February 19th, 2007 at 5:27 pm
opps, wasn’t looking straight it’s missing buses
February 22nd, 2007 at 11:16 am
Kinda cool but for NYC and some other cities there’s a much better site…
http://www.hopstop.com
this gives you directions using subways+buses!
February 26th, 2007 at 7:18 am
Hmm, I wonder if the building data is derived directly from the 3D city models that have been in Google Earth for quite a while now. If so, we probably won’t be seeing them in anything but the biggest cities for some time.