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November 4, 2008

Google Maps Roles Out Transit Training Videos

Category: Google Places (Maps & Local) – Mike Blumenthal – 9:19 pm

Google has roled out two new Maps transit trip instructional videos:

For new users:

As we are having more and more new Maps users and new forum members
everyday, we customized an Introductory Maps video for people who has
just about started to use Google Maps yet not very familiar with all
kinds of great basic features.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pq7UA_Y5bsI

For more experienced users:

Plan a transit trip in cities around the world with Google Maps. Get
step-by-step directions and travel times for your entire route, all in
one place online. Check out our latest education video “Transit on
Google Maps”:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWAyMfvLMC8

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2 Comments »

  1. these features are very nice but i would love to see them implemented on phones and portable gadgets!

    Comment by Web Talk (2 comments) — November 5, 2008 @ 2:04 pm

  2. They should try and explain why a business owner with more than one location in the same town is barred from listing all of his locations or be considered a Mapspammer. It is totally illogical to ban someone with multiple locations for engaging in truthful advertising.

    Who is making up these rules? It appears whoever it is never actually had their own business.

    Comment by panzermike (225 comments) — November 6, 2008 @ 7:56 pm

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