New York City, Google partner for the official NYC Information Center
By Dusan Belic on Monday, January 26th, 2009 at 1:52 AM PST In Announcements, Applications, Services
New York City Mayor Bloomberg has recently announced that the city has partnered with Google (NSDQ: GOOG) to create nycgo.com, a website of the NYC Information Center, which is BTW located at 810 7th Avenue. As part of the agreement, New York City is integrating Google Maps for mobile as part of the offering.
By visiting the dedicated website (www.nycgo.com), users can plan a trip at home and then use their phone to navigate the city. In addition, the site helps you find hotels, restaurants, and other things to do in New York. This is not to say you couldn’t do this before with Google Maps, it’s just that this time it’s kinda official.
Back to the website. The most convenient way is to plan your visits to the city from your computer as most pages embed Google Maps. Once you’ve found something interesting, simply click “send to phone” so you could later find it on your mobile phone.
Finally, Google also reminds us that you can use Google Maps for mobile’s public transport feature to find your way around subway.
Still don’t have Google Maps for mobile installed? Point your mobile browser to google.com/gmm and take it from there. Or in the meantime, check out how NYC Information Center works in real life after the jump.
[Via: Google Mobile Blog]
