Driving directions for India
| Wednesday, October 24th, 2007 | --rsridhar |
Yahoo! India Maps launched driving directions today. Now you can travel from Chennai and Bangalore or from Bandra, Mumbai to Juhu, Mumbai or back. It will help to know that auto fare (that famous 3-wheeler on Indian roads) from Bandra to Juhu will cost Rs. 39/- (or about a Dollar). Download the short version of the directions to your mobile phone or print it out and carry it with you. What's more, you can also travel from Sunnyvale CA to Mission College Santa Clara CA.
While the directions for Sunnyvale to Mission College are what you're likely to see mostly, the directions for Bandra to Juhu will contain interesting instructions like:
3rd Left (past Lovely Home Bank Shop on the left) onto Kalina Kurla Rd
Slight 2nd Right (past Prabhudas Building on the right) onto Sarojini Path
2nd Left (past Union Bank Of India on the left) onto 13th Cross Rd
These are typically how users in India are used to receiving or giving directions while on the road, using landmarks as points of reference and directions relative to the current location on the route. Try it out sometime.
-Sridhar
October 24th, 2007 at 11:34 am
That plain ROCKS!
October 24th, 2007 at 5:40 pm
Hey! A guest post! Awesome! :D Also, great job getting directions in there, it’s very intuitive. :) I like that you can chain together “to”s (ie, “from A to B to C” will give you the multipoint directions), and how right clicking and going to/from a spot will try to resolve to the closest road.
October 31st, 2007 at 6:19 pm
The Mission College directions take you to Santa Clara, presumably because Mission College requires an actual address.