Excellent map!

My Spanish isn't as good as I want, so I just started clicking the map
without reading the instructions.

Very nice way of showing the bus routes for a clicked location.

Then I noticed the buttons below the map, and started playing with
them. At first I didn't understand how the Set Origin and Set
destination buttons worked. I clicked them and nothing happened -- I
thought that clicking Set Origin might enable the next click on the
map to place an 'O' marker, but it didn't. Then I realized that I
needed to click the map first to mark the place, and *then* click Set
Origin. After that I quickly got routes to/from various origins and
destinations. The map does a good job of indicating that it is
collecting the route information, and the routes are clear with
distinct colors keyed to the route names on the sidebar. I like the
Switch Origin and Destination button -- many users will find that
helpful.

So my only suggestion would be a hint in small type below the Marcar
Origen and Marcar Destino buttons, telling the user to click the map
to set a point, and then use the buttons.

With a little more scripting, you could also give the buttons the
behavior I initially guessed they had: after the user clicks the
Marcar Origen button, the very next click on the map sets the 'O'
marker; and similarly with the Marcar Destino button.

Good work.

On Jun 7, 12:56 am, José L. <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello everyone, I just wanted to show you an application I have
> developed on Google App Engine and which also uses the Google Maps
> API.
>
> http://www.montevideobus.com
>
> The application helps residents of the city of Montevideo (Uruguay,
> South America) to find which bus or combination of buses can take them
> from one place to another. Montevideo's public transport system is
> quite archaic and it doesn't provide the users with such a service.
>
> I hope you check it out and let me know your comments.
>
> Thanks.
>
> José
>
> P.S.: Unfortunately it's still not possible to search for exact
> addresses on the map of Montevideo on Google Maps.
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