Get There Faster with Zhiing
January 30th, 2009 MobileFreak
There is a clever new service that lets you send directions from wherever you are, without the need to type in an address or even long/lat coordinates.
Rather than me try to explain it, here’s how the folks at zhiing describe it:
zhiing connects people-to-people, people-to-places and people-to-services with dynamic maps and turn-by-turn driving directions. No need to be a member of a cumbersome social navigation network. With zhiing you can send directions to anyone, anytime, over any network without a hassle.
Interesting, but someone needs to show me a real application of this that saves time or offers some other real benefit. And it needs to be easier than trying to remember the URL.
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Yeah, google maps on my iphone does a similar thing, right? Although the GPS functionality of google maps on the iphone is sub par.
Zhiing uses google maps to lay the path down. With zhiing you can send you location, regardless of what phone you are sending it to. On iphone, when you receive the location (zhiing), it is routed on Google maps. If you have a Blackberry, it routes you on BB maps, and Nokia on Nokia maps, etc. It’s all about the sending and receiving the locations, like a utility, rather than the mapping software.
Does that help??
Yes – very much Jon!
I think my little mind better understands it now. It was hard for me to appreciate it until you explained that aspect. I hope everyone reads Jon’s comment and gives zhiing a try.