"You've Caught the NET!"

Technology, Technology!  It's daily, sometimes minute-to-minute, advances never fail to amaze this Boomer!

Presently, Google Maps Software, available for most Internet-Enabled Mobile Phones, provides maps and driving directions between two points, anywhere in the U.S.

Soon, in Chicago and in many other cities, it will also offer routing via public transit!

For example, let's say you're at Wrigley Field, enjoying a Chicago Cubs game (assuming they're winning).  You want to go to dinner in the Lincoln Square Neighborhood of Chicago.  Which buses to take?

Google Maps will soon offer a transit routing option, in addition to the driving option, to get you there.

Currently, it's only available on a few cell phones (it's not yet working on my own Treo 755P - just tried it a few minutes ago), but it is expected to be widely available, and widely used, by the end of the year.

And, it's FREE!

Other major cities in which the new technology will be available include San Francisco, Seattle, and nearly 40 other nationwide.

See our post today via BlogChicagoHomes.com for more information, and a link to Eric Benderoff's "Eric 2.0" Blog from last Friday's Chicago Tribune for more information, and video.

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