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KM · 5 months ago

How helpful can this possibly be in SF? There's 1 BART line running under the city (and I suppose the MUNI lines are underground for a bit, but that just parallels BART anyway).
UnReal31337 · 3 months ago

Might add bus lines too or just the important lines like the 38, 14 or 9X.
GigantiCo · 5 months ago

Will be interesting to check it out. Subway/Train stops are obvious, and more handy for a tourist. Much more interested to see things like TAT's Augmented ID. Or platforms that are open for users to self-tag.
acoward · 5 months ago

How do you suppose the phone in the demo obtains its location with any appreciable accuracy in a closed room where there is no chance for a GPS signal?
Ben · 5 months ago

The iPhone works out positioning using a combination of cell tower triangulation and GPS - it can get to within 50m in an urban setting with no GPS, judging by the first generation devices (which are GPSless).
Jonathan Wegener · 5 months ago

KM - it would seem to me this is useful for lots of things, not just subways. Basically anything local -- restaurants, bars, etc. It's kind of like upnext.com on crack.
mgyarmati · 4 months ago

The link for the New York Nearest Subway iPhone app has changed to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ps49T0iJwVg
Also there is a new video demonstrating the San Francisco Transit iPhone app. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpf0t3uV_4Q

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