Travel map roundup
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Everyone knows that you can map your driving route using MapQuest or Google Maps. No surprises there. But beyond simply telling you where to go, there are more and more so-called “mashups” that combine maps with other travel-relevant information. Consider:
- Heading to the airport? Find the cheapest airport parking lot first.
- Want to know the route you’ll fly? Run the airport codes through the Great Circle Mapper to see the shortest flight route between cities.
- Prefer to track flights in real-time and see where they are on a map? Try FlightAware for US-based flights or AeroSeek for many (not all) international flights.
- How about your hotel? TripAdvisor, which collects reviews from people around the web, has started mapping hotels and lets you sort them by “popularity” rating.
- If you’re a Priceline user who bids for your hotel room, check out BetterBidding.com’s hotel maps, which list the hotels people have actually won in the auction, as well as the prices they paid, in major American cities.
- Finally, when you get to a city, how about a good restaurant or wine bar? Or even better: a good liquor store and a BYOB restaurant! You’re in luck if you’re traveling to New York or Chicago: Annotated maps of New York wine shops and wine bars, and Chicago wine shops and BYOB restaurants.
Got other interesting map combinations of interest to travelers? Post about it in comments!
Related:
- Getting more accurate flight tracking
- World travel, graphically
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October 27th, 2006 at 6:47 pm |
see route maps and timetables for various airlines.
http://images.slc.com.au/map_flights.pl
October 28th, 2006 at 12:08 am |
Really useful tips about flights, hotels and where to travel.
October 28th, 2006 at 11:59 am |
useful inoformation for frequent travellers!
October 28th, 2006 at 12:23 pm |
IMHO, this mashup and “targeted mapping” is a technical issue that someday the bigs (i.e. Google, Microsoft, MapQuest) are going to get right and then everyone else will be out of the game. There’s simply some architectural changes that need to be made and some new capabilities added and they’re there.
October 28th, 2006 at 1:27 pm |
NY Subway
http://www.onnyturf.com/subway/
DC, Boston, Chicago, and Philly transit systems
http://www.metromapr.com/
Makes using public transit a snap when you know what station is closest to your origin and destination, and what routes intersect.
October 29th, 2006 at 11:15 am |
Great and helpful information.
August 16th, 2007 at 3:18 am |
Travelgoop provides a mashup of Priceline and Hotwire hotels. It allows users to share information so that everyone can save money.