Google Maps local search, armed with GPS

by: admin Thursday, August 30th, 2007

Rating: no need to look where you’re going

By Annie Turner

More about Google amassing its forces – where’s the old geezer with the beard and star-covered pointy hat when you need him?

From BMW:

In March, BMW introduced Google Maps Send to Car in Germany. As of today, we’ve expanded this service to all of our European BMW Assist customers. In addition to Google Maps Deutschland, you can now send businesses from Google Maps, Google Maps Italia and Google Maps UK directly to your in-car navigation system. This means that instead of printing out or writing down information before you go, you can find what you’re looking for and send it to your car via Google Maps. Once on the road, you no longer need to manually enter the phone number or address. Simply click to call or select your destination as you go.

Oh. Sounds like a really helpful, not an evil, idea. Shame I drive a Nissan.