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Google Maps doesn't have ANY public transit directions in most countries. So you guys from the US need to stop acting as though this feature is somehow a game

Google Maps doesn't have ANY public transit directions in most countries. So you guys from the US need to stop acting as though this feature is somehow a game changer. It will almost exclusively affect US users only.

ranebo 14y ago
I'm an Australian living in Japan and this absolutely is a game changer for me. If anything I would think it affects many other countries more than the US.
- taligent 14y ago
  I am not saying it is useful only that it is not a game changer for most people. Even in Japan you can use apps like Hyperdia for the JR and subways. The iPhone predates the official launch of Google Transit and at the beginning didn't have many cities and so many providers have apps available.
  - w1ntermute 14y ago
    > Even in Japan you can use apps like Hyperdia for the JR and subways. That doesn't change the fact that Google Maps provides a complete, end-to-end solution for getting from point A to point B, using any combination of public transit options and walking. For example, when I was in Japan, I was able to enter the addresses of the starting and ending points, and then get a list of travel options, with the total time and cost included for comparison. You can't get that if you're using a JR/subway-specific app. Moreover, you can't just tap on an address in another app and have it take you directly to the Google Maps app anymore. > The iPhone predates the official launch of Google Transit and at the beginning didn't have many cities and so many providers have apps available. Yeah, and the original iPhone also didn't have any 3rd party apps. That doesn't mean it's acceptable in 2012 not to have 3rd party apps. It really doesn't matter what things were like before Google Transit launched. All that matters is the current situation, which is that Apple fucked up big time by allowing such a huge regression to get into a release version of iOS.
morsch 14y ago
Google Transit is available for far more than just the US. http://www.google.com/intl/en/landing/transit/ http://www.google.com/intl/en/landing/transit/ Germany got support just a couple of days ago. That said, so far it only covers trains -- which also tells you that being marked green in that page doesn't say much about the extent of the support -- so for the most part I'm (happily) stuck with my existing dedicated public transport app.
BitMastro 14y ago
UK here.. I use this feature multiple times a day. If it's not available, for me, it is a game changer. Moreover, Google transit was introduced in 2007, even before iPhone 3G, so I don't understand what do you mean by "The iPhone predates the official launch of Google Transit"

ranebo 14y ago

I'm an Australian living in Japan and this absolutely is a game changer for me. If anything I would think it affects many other countries more than the US.

taligent 14y ago
I am not saying it is useful only that it is not a game changer for most people. Even in Japan you can use apps like Hyperdia for the JR and subways. The iPhone predates the official launch of Google Transit and at the beginning didn't have many cities and so many providers have apps available.
- w1ntermute 14y ago
  > Even in Japan you can use apps like Hyperdia for the JR and subways. That doesn't change the fact that Google Maps provides a complete, end-to-end solution for getting from point A to point B, using any combination of public transit options and walking. For example, when I was in Japan, I was able to enter the addresses of the starting and ending points, and then get a list of travel options, with the total time and cost included for comparison. You can't get that if you're using a JR/subway-specific app. Moreover, you can't just tap on an address in another app and have it take you directly to the Google Maps app anymore. > The iPhone predates the official launch of Google Transit and at the beginning didn't have many cities and so many providers have apps available. Yeah, and the original iPhone also didn't have any 3rd party apps. That doesn't mean it's acceptable in 2012 not to have 3rd party apps. It really doesn't matter what things were like before Google Transit launched. All that matters is the current situation, which is that Apple fucked up big time by allowing such a huge regression to get into a release version of iOS.

morsch 14y ago

Google Transit is available for far more than just the US. http://www.google.com/intl/en/landing/transit/ http://www.google.com/intl/en/landing/transit/ Germany got support just a couple of days ago. That said, so far it only covers trains -- which also tells you that being marked green in that page doesn't say much about the extent of the support -- so for the most part I'm (happily) stuck with my existing dedicated public transport app.

BitMastro 14y ago

UK here.. I use this feature multiple times a day. If it's not available, for me, it is a game changer. Moreover, Google transit was introduced in 2007, even before iPhone 3G, so I don't understand what do you mean by "The iPhone predates the official launch of Google Transit"