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A new favorite mashup! Get Taxi Fare estimates and maps on your mobile with TaxiWiz
Written by LBSzone
Tuesday, 18 December 2007
TaxiWiz - what a clever mashup and a fine mobile app.. TaxiWiz is
now available for 9 cities and hopefully more soon!
Enter a start point
and destination and taxiwiz routes you on Google maps, predicts a fare,
and even can provide directions and routing... this is awesome! Using
the PC version simply click a start and end point on the Google map and
your route is traced. You are then presented with distance of trip,
suggested taxi fee + tip, and then optional routing directions. The
site also offers taxi tips to users as a handy extra. See www.taxiwiz.com
Results
of a search for a taxi route in New York City using the PC client.
Notice the suggested route and fee listed in upper left.
The
TaxiWiz Mobile app as seen using Nokia N95 8GB device. Ideally I'd love
to see this app taken a couple of steps further, for example, how about
integrating it with Google Maps mobile? Since I have Google maps on my
device perhaps an option to see the route on a map would be a nice
offering. I'd also like to see an option to call a cab company or
search for local cab companies... this app could be HUGE!
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