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new google maps look and MARTA

ckdake's picture
Submitted by ckdake on Thu, 07/31/2008 - 14:10

just some neat new things. see this for example:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&saddr=Decatur,+GA&daddr=roswell+ga&hl=en...

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roger3b's picture

next google service

Submitted by roger3b on Thu, 07/31/2008 - 14:21.

google: where is my future wife?

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ckdake's picture

http://www.google.com/romance

Submitted by ckdake on Thu, 07/31/2008 - 14:37.

http://www.google.com/romance/

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TimothyJ's picture

That is hilarious! "Note:

Submitted by TimothyJ on Thu, 07/31/2008 - 18:32.

That is hilarious!

"Note: those who generally favor the “throw enough stuff at the wall” approach to online dating might find it useful to employ our Batch Profile Uploading option."

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I was pretty happy when ATL

Submitted by Stupefying Jones on Thu, 07/31/2008 - 16:16.

I was pretty happy when ATL finally got included in google's transit maps. But there's a couple features where I still think that A-Train wins.
1) set your start/end locations by clicking on the map
2) pick a time that is not now (ie What MARTA route should I take at 8am tomorrow morning)

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conjob's picture

yup

Submitted by conjob on Thu, 07/31/2008 - 16:30.

a-train is still #1 in my book.

but A+ for google maps!

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snot rocket's picture

i don't like how a-train

Submitted by snot rocket on Fri, 08/01/2008 - 11:03.

i don't like how a-train can't find some addresses by typing them in. moving around the map is not the easiest. Also A-train's site doesn't resize very well on low res monitors (i.e. libraries and my work cashregister/PC)

google's street address form saving makes the google map version great!

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Jeff's picture

You can pick the date and time

Submitted by Jeff on Thu, 07/31/2008 - 18:10.

get directions > by public transit > show options

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thanks!

Submitted by Stupefying Jones on Thu, 07/31/2008 - 20:51.

thanks!

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Tex's picture

I like the way they have all

Submitted by Tex on Thu, 07/31/2008 - 17:33.

I like the way they have all the bus and train stops on the map and you can just click on them to see when the next one is coming. Actually I wish they had the whole schedule available since the schedules on MARTA's site and A-Train can be confusing when the route splits partway through.

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