Google directions via SMS... pretty cool!
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One of the Google tech books I recently reviewed had a clip about how you can use Google Maps over text messaging to get directions. I tried it at the time, and it seemed to work OK. I tucked it away for future reference, and got the chance to use it today...
I was having sushi with my dad and sister, and he is getting ready to drive back to his home in Arizona. He asked me if I could do a "mapquest" to find out how far it is from Bend Oregon to Twin Falls Idaho, Twin Falls Idaho to St. George Utah, and St. George Utah to Phoenix Arizona. Rather than try and remember all that on the way home, I decided to try out the Google SMS option... perfect results!
I typed in "bend oregon to twin falls idaho" and sent the message to 46645. In less than 15 seconds, I got a response back telling me the distance and time it would take. No directions were given because it said the route was too long. I then typed in "twin falls idaho to st george utah" and sent that one. Again, 10 seconds later I had a four part message returned with driving directions, distance, and time. Same thing with the last route, and five messages later I had directions from "st george utah to phoenix arizona". Sweet!
Now I could do the same thing with specific locations, but it'd be a bit of a pain as I'm not terribly adept at phone text messaging. Still, it's a great option when you're somewhere unfamiliar and you need a way home...
One of the Google tech books I recently reviewed had a clip about how you can use Google Maps over text messaging to get directions. I tried it at the time, and it seemed to work OK. I tucked it away for future reference, and got the chance to use it today...
I was having sushi with my dad and sister, and he is getting ready to drive back to his home in Arizona. He asked me if I could do a "mapquest" to find out how far it is from Bend Oregon to Twin Falls Idaho, Twin Falls Idaho to St. George Utah, and St. George Utah to Phoenix Arizona. Rather than try and remember all that on the way home, I decided to try out the Google SMS option... perfect results!
I typed in "bend oregon to twin falls idaho" and sent the message to 46645. In less than 15 seconds, I got a response back telling me the distance and time it would take. No directions were given because it said the route was too long. I then typed in "twin falls idaho to st george utah" and sent that one. Again, 10 seconds later I had a four part message returned with driving directions, distance, and time. Same thing with the last route, and five messages later I had directions from "st george utah to phoenix arizona". Sweet!
Now I could do the same thing with specific locations, but it'd be a bit of a pain as I'm not terribly adept at phone text messaging. Still, it's a great option when you're somewhere unfamiliar and you need a way home...
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New Technic to send directions to sms
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Here we describe a new technic to send directions
to sms.
You have to specify how many turning you have to skip...
Then specify what direction you have to turn...
For example, What this means...
12,U,3,L,3,R
Here first skip 12 turnings...
Then make a U turn...
Then skip 3 turnings...
Then turn left...
Then skip 3 turnings ...
Then turn right...
Easy!!!
Posted by Mahavir .D At 21:07:55 On 09/06/2009 | - Website - |