Google Maps

Google Maps is the best!

My apparent love for Google products continues.  So aside from the obvious uses of searching directions or viewing maps, I use Google Maps for public transportation.  I type in the starting and ending locations, and add departure or arrival times.  Google Maps gets intuitive and decides for you the best options with which transportation method to take i.e. bus, train, walking, etc.  I also prefer Google Maps because  it decides for me right away which transport agency will work best with others with regards to time and transfers.  In this regard, Google Maps acts like a trip planner. I prefer this to manually going to BART's website and then to AC Transit's and comparing the two if departure/arrival times match up or not.  Google Maps also calculates fare, making it even easier to plan trips.


Walking around an unfamiliar place can be a bit tricky, so I usually just use Street View to help with landmarks and whatnot.  It helps visually and I prefer it to memorizing street names I'm going to forget anyways.  Sometimes however, I might get lost walking around somewhere I've never been.  Those with internet and a browser on their phone will get away with looking it up.  I myself, am of the "too cheap" type and do not have a data plan with my phone.  Luckily, Google allows me to text them my location and where I need to go, and they'll give me directions through texts.  Just text "directions xxx to xxx" to 466453 (GOOGLE) and you'll receive texts with step by step directions.


All of these features plus the random, cool ones (Earth, Moon, business reviews, etc.) make Google Maps the ideal map site.


But then again, I might just be really biased.