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<blockquote data-quote="Randy" data-source="post: 199710" data-attributes="member: 820"><p>Check this out too on the web</p><p> </p><p><strong>Google Maps + BMW</strong></p><p></p><p>This is pretty cool. Chris Hofmann sent me this video: </p><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgTx9nUJfOc" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgTx9nUJfOc</a> </p><p>Although I am not sure if this is an actually product yet, but it shows a BMW owner using Google Maps (in Firefox, of course) to find an address. On the maps site, there is an option to "send the address to car". Magically, the address shows up in his BMW's nav system. Neat, huh? </p><p>It underlines a critical problem we all have now -- information that we need and have access to is usually isolated on our laptops or desktops. Once we walk away, we are hopelessly lost. A simple thing like driving directions which is so easy to acquire now (anyone remember Thomas Guide?) must be printed out, or written down. And trying to input this into your phone while you are on the go just plain sucks. So marshaling the data to the right place at the right time without much user trouble is ideal here. </p><p>I do like what Google and BMW are doing here. However, I terribly dislike how propriety this is. I mean, everyone knows that google is the king of online maps and search, but why can't I simply push map routes from any source to my GPS Nav System? The nav system should be addressable via the internet (via a cell GRPS connect or something similar). Firefox should detect that maps site has a microformat related to the route, and the user should be prompted if the would like to send this data to their {gps, phone, etc}. Everything clean and open. </p><p>I wonder if bringing an open system to market is harder than bringing a close system. </p><p>Maybe the right device for driving directions is the car's nav system. It certainly isn't the only device though; how many meeting have you gone to across town only to find out that you need to reference the suite number, floor number, or other location specific data? So, maybe both your nav system and your phone/pda are the right places. </p><p>More on this soon.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Randy, post: 199710, member: 820"] Check this out too on the web [B]Google Maps + BMW[/B] This is pretty cool. Chris Hofmann sent me this video: [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgTx9nUJfOc[/url] Although I am not sure if this is an actually product yet, but it shows a BMW owner using Google Maps (in Firefox, of course) to find an address. On the maps site, there is an option to "send the address to car". Magically, the address shows up in his BMW's nav system. Neat, huh? It underlines a critical problem we all have now -- information that we need and have access to is usually isolated on our laptops or desktops. Once we walk away, we are hopelessly lost. A simple thing like driving directions which is so easy to acquire now (anyone remember Thomas Guide?) must be printed out, or written down. And trying to input this into your phone while you are on the go just plain sucks. So marshaling the data to the right place at the right time without much user trouble is ideal here. I do like what Google and BMW are doing here. However, I terribly dislike how propriety this is. I mean, everyone knows that google is the king of online maps and search, but why can't I simply push map routes from any source to my GPS Nav System? The nav system should be addressable via the internet (via a cell GRPS connect or something similar). Firefox should detect that maps site has a microformat related to the route, and the user should be prompted if the would like to send this data to their {gps, phone, etc}. Everything clean and open. I wonder if bringing an open system to market is harder than bringing a close system. Maybe the right device for driving directions is the car's nav system. It certainly isn't the only device though; how many meeting have you gone to across town only to find out that you need to reference the suite number, floor number, or other location specific data? So, maybe both your nav system and your phone/pda are the right places. More on this soon. [/QUOTE]
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