{"id":562,"date":"2009-06-17T12:08:21","date_gmt":"2009-06-17T19:08:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bhagwad.com\/blog\/?p=562"},"modified":"2010-10-09T02:15:07","modified_gmt":"2010-10-08T20:45:07","slug":"ipod-touch-now-has-walking-directions-and-public-transport-with-os-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bhagwad.com\/blog\/2009\/technology\/ipod-touch-now-has-walking-directions-and-public-transport-with-os-30.html\/","title":{"rendered":"iPod Touch now has Walking Directions and Public Transport with OS 3.0!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As an iPod Touch user, I really felt left out when during the last update, Apple didn&#8217;t think we were worthy of getting Public Transport and walking directions on Google Maps. Since my wife and I frequently rely solely on the iPod Touch for our travels, this was a bummer. But with the latest OS 3.0, we&#8217;re thrilled to see that it has both Walking as well as public Transport as you can see in the Picture below:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_563\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-563\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-563\" title=\"iPod Touch Walking and Public Transport OS 30\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bhagwad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/iPod-Touch-Walking-and-Public-Transport-OS-30.jpg\" alt=\"iPod Touch Walking and Public Transport OS 30\" width=\"320\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bhagwad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/iPod-Touch-Walking-and-Public-Transport-OS-30.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.bhagwad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/iPod-Touch-Walking-and-Public-Transport-OS-30-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-563\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">iPod Touch Walking and Public Transport OS 30<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Beautiful aint it? Now if they could only include the ability to <em>save<\/em> Public Transport Routes and Walking directions so we don&#8217;t have to hunt for Wifi all the time, that would be perfect. Who knows? With the OS 3.0 update, it&#8217;s easier for developers to use the Google Maps API. Maybe another developer can come along and implement this feature!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As an iPod Touch user, I really felt left out when during the last update, Apple didn&#8217;t think we were worthy of getting Public Transport and walking directions on Google Maps. Since my wife and I frequently rely solely on the iPod Touch for our travels, this was a bummer. 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