Transportation

When you want to get from point A to point B, there's nothing more useful than a Google mapunless it's a Google map mashup, augmented with other essential information. Here are just a few of these Google transportation mashups:

• onNYTurf (www.onnyturf.com/subwaymap.php) Map mashups of the New York City subway system

• NYC Transit Maps (www.transit-maps.com) Calculate the quickest route between any two points in New York City

• Chicago Transit Authority (www.tastypopsicle.com/maps/cta.asp) Map mashups of the CTA

• NextBus (www.nextbus.com/predictor/) Find out how long it's likely to be until the next bus arrives in the San Francisco bay area

• BART Map/Schedule (www.acme.com/bart/) Transit maps and schedules for the San Francisco bay area

• The T (www.bostonsubway.info) Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority subway stations and maps

• Google-Yahoo Traffic-Weather Maps (traffic.poly9.com) A terrific mashup of traffic conditions (via Yahoo! Traffic), local weather maps, and Google maps, as shown in Figure 19.9

  Figure 19.9. Viewing Minneapolis traffic conditions via Google-Yahoo Traffic-Weather Maps.

  

• Alkemis Local (local.alkemis.com) Live traffic cams around the U.S.

• NYC Trafficland (www.trafficland.com/nyc/findacamera.php) Ttraffic cameras around New York City

• Roadsideamerica.com (www.roadsideamerica.com/map.html) Map offbeat tourist attractions across the country

• GMaps Flight Tracker (www.gmapsflighttracker.com) Track the in-air location of major airline flights, as shown in Figure 19.10

  Figure 19.10. Tracking incoming Los Angeles flights with GMaps Flight Tracker.

  

• FAA Flight Delay Information (www.usaflightinsurance.com/gmap.htm) Find out the current status of major airline flights