Daniel Barcay, a Google software engineer, may spend a lot of time focusing on KML markup language and loading GPS tracks of paragliding forays and ski treks into Google Earth, but he has a trace of the poet in him, as well.
Google Earth software engineer tracks flights, tours and trees
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Google Maps becomes mobile transit system tour guide
July 7, 2011 By 1 Comment
If you are traveling in the Paris Metro or riding the bus and rails in New York City and you don’t have a clue where to transfer or stop to check out that art museum or dive bar, Google Maps 5.7 for Android may now become your tour guide.
Orbitz focusing on hotels in new iPad app
July 6, 2011 By 2 Comments
Orbitz introduced Orbitz Hotels for the iPad, sticking with the high-margin hotel business for its first mobile implementation on a tablet.
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Mobile service for parents to keep an eye on the kids during Gap Year
June 24, 2010 By 3 Comments
Location software developer Ubitrac is launching a system for young travellers to keep in touch with family and important services during extended stays overseas.
Is this the most expensive iPhone travel app on the market?
March 15, 2010 By 4 Comments
At £20 ($30) a download for a month’s service, a new iPhone product from TrafficMaster’s International Rescue could be the priciest travel app around.
interactive Mobile @dvertising gets its first funding round
March 12, 2010 By 4 Comments
Interactive Mobile @dvertising, which offers GPS-enabled mobile destination guides in partnership with tourism authorities at trade shows, attracted a $500,000 investment from Connecticut Innovations.
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Dopplr would make a good addition to the new Nokia sat-nav killer
January 21, 2010 By 2 Comments
Plenty of praise for a major development by mobile handset manufacturer Nokia to produce what some believe is a serious threat to the sat-nav GPS systems but is probably more of a rearguard against recent similar moves by Google.
The upgraded Ovi maps are being touted as a personal sat-nav (it uses similar tracking technology) coupled with trip planning and other travel-friendly features such as location and activity search and networking.
Missing from the announcement was any mention of Dopplr, the travel social network and trip planning business that Nokia acquired in 2009.
