Hi, To add to what esther said, when we were in New York, we used destinations like Empire State Building, Penn Station, and battery Park, and it worked fine, so many points of interest are included. It's a great app.
Best, Anna On Jul 27, 2012, at 8:56 PM, Esther wrote: > Hello David and Others, > > You don't need to put in an exact street address for HopStop -- a street > intersection will work like "University Ave. & 4 St." I've also entered the > name of a shopping center as a destination and had this recognized. Also, > since you can choose addresses from your contacts for the start and stop > points of your trip, you could always search for a destination in AroundMe, > Where To?, the yellow pages app, etc. and add the result address to your > contacts for navigation purposes. And "current location" is, of course, one > of the options for the starting point, so you don't need to type in your > address here. You can also use it to check routes for travel at a different > time, if you want to find out about return trip options and connections. > > There are a lot of place specific transit apps. For example, many U.S. > cities (not mine), have NextBus. And there are different accessible transit > apps for the UK and Europe. (For the record, HopStop does include cities > like London, Paris, etc., and as far as I could check it appears to work for > these routes. You have to spell out some names to avoid confusion, like > "Blvd Saint Michel" and not use the abbreviation of "St." for "Saint" which > could be confused with the abbreviation for "Street", if this makes sense.) > > HTH. Cheers, > > Esther > > On Jul 27, 2012, at 2:56 PM, David wrote: > >> I would recommend HopStop. HopStop is a trip planner covering 86cities, and >> counting. It is nice, because you are able to see about how often your bus >> or train is running, as it gives you the departure of the next 3 vehicles. >> Also, if you do not like the bus or train it gives you, you can reroute each >> segment of the trip. The downside to this app is that it requires you to >> have an exact address, and the napping features are of course inaccessible. >> Otherwise, this is a great all in one app that should suit most of your >> needs. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Jul 27, 2012, at 8:39 PM, "Chris Judd" <chrischas0...@charter.net> wrote: >> >>> I was wonderingif anyone knows of any transit apps? >>> It can be anything, bus, train, etc. >>> I was just wondering. >>> Chris >>> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
