http://www.discoveranywheremobile.com/blog/interesting-technology-google-city-tours/ Mobile travel solutions Mon, 16 Aug 2010 19:02:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.discoveranywheremobile.com/blog/interesting-technology-google-city-tours/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Discover Anywhere Mobile - Interesting Post: Can Travel Sites Truly Leverage Social Media? Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:09:56 +0000 http://www.discoveranywheremobile.com/?p=168#comment-4 [...] but then also be seamlessly transferable to whatever other travel services I’m using: TripIt, Google City Tours, and of course, whatever it is I’m using on my handheld. And of course, in a few short years [...] [...] but then also be seamlessly transferable to whatever other travel services I’m using: TripIt, Google City Tours, and of course, whatever it is I’m using on my handheld. And of course, in a few short years [...]

]]> http://www.discoveranywheremobile.com/blog/interesting-technology-google-city-tours/comment-page-1/#comment-6 David Janes Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:37:12 +0000 http://www.discoveranywheremobile.com/?p=168#comment-6 Or Google could come up with a format that people could rally around, like KML. I totally understand what you're saying about trying to find sources with value: ultimately there's infinity things you can do, but alas no infinite time for vacation to do them all... Or Google could come up with a format that people could rally around, like KML. I totally understand what you’re saying about trying to find sources with value: ultimately there’s infinity things you can do, but alas no infinite time for vacation to do them all…

]]> http://www.discoveranywheremobile.com/blog/interesting-technology-google-city-tours/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Juan Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:26:01 +0000 http://www.discoveranywheremobile.com/?p=168#comment-5 Absolutely agreed. We all try to think about ways in which we'll make the trip planning process easier but often times the incredible amount of segmentation in the industry is what makes this whole thing so complex. If Google can follow up their simple incursion into travel itineraries with an API to persist it, maybe we can all just assume that as the de-facto standard and get back to more important things. What is more important? For us, is trying to make sense of the volumes of data about locations and filter through the noise to find the sources that will add some value. Absolutely agreed. We all try to think about ways in which we’ll make the trip planning process easier but often times the incredible amount of segmentation in the industry is what makes this whole thing so complex. If Google can follow up their simple incursion into travel itineraries with an API to persist it, maybe we can all just assume that as the de-facto standard and get back to more important things. What is more important? For us, is trying to make sense of the volumes of data about locations and filter through the noise to find the sources that will add some value.

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