From 79fafe2f44f5e31522dd93013950474342bfdfb0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: luxagraf Date: Sat, 4 May 2019 15:48:55 -0500 Subject: archived all the stuff from freelancing for wired --- .../Monkey_Bites/2007/05.21.07/Mon/gmapsneighborhood.txt | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) create mode 100644 old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/05.21.07/Mon/gmapsneighborhood.txt (limited to 'old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/05.21.07/Mon/gmapsneighborhood.txt') diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/05.21.07/Mon/gmapsneighborhood.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/05.21.07/Mon/gmapsneighborhood.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5bb0a44 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/05.21.07/Mon/gmapsneighborhood.txt @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +MymapsFollowing close on the heals of a recent upgrade to Yahoo Maps, the Google LatLong blog has [announced a new feature][1] that allows users to search by neighborhood. Google has trumped Yahoo's initial launch of an identical feature by offer the service in fifty U.S. cities, while Yahoo's offering remains limited to New York and San Francisco. + +Google's neighborhood search allows users to perform searches like "[record store, greenwich village][2]." Note that informal names don't work quite as well, for instance a search for "record store, the village" will return results in about seven U.S. cities. + +In addition to the neighborhood-based features Google Maps can now do city level searches with just the city name, provided the name is unique, for instance, "[bookstore, Boston][3]." + +[1]: http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2007/05/posted-by-david-tussey-product-manager.html "Neighborhood Search Capability" +[2]: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=record+store,+greenwich+village&sll=46.739861,-95.537109&sspn=30.188964,83.144531&ie=UTF8&cd=1&filter=0&ll=40.732722,-74.000859&spn=0.016292,0.040598&z=15&iwloc=B&om=1 "Record Stores Greenwich Village" +[3]: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=bookstore,+boston&ie=UTF8&ll=42.365647,-71.05545&spn=0.063544,0.162392&z=13&iwloc=C&om=1 "Bookstore, Boston" \ No newline at end of file -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2