How about also integrating with when cabs when possible? Actually, I that this might provide too much of a distraction to the driver. The in-car nav systems are way cool. They will provide you with information of nearby attractions and they also give verbal instructions as you approach an intersection. Charlie Balch -----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Ellis Godard Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 11:48 AM To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-L] Show me the way Mapquest has never done me wrong. But the tools exist to do better. I shouldn't have to turn on the overhead light (mine doesn't work, so I use headlights behind me) to read a line of text. I want my cell phone, GPS device, or in-car navigation system (okay, yours; I don't have one...yet) to SHOW me the directions - 3-8 second MPEGS showing the approach for each turn, and the turn itself; important landmarks; interesting sights/sites along the way... This probably already exists in some form of which I'm oblivious - whether in development in some lab, or already on the cover of some magazine I don't read. If not, what would it take? Geo-coded youtube pages? Clips on Google Maps, integrated with Google's directions? What tool would gather the clips and put them in a playlist for my phone (or navigation system or in-lens display or back-of-neck port)? Show me the way... -eg _______________________________________________ The Air-L@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/ -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.485 / Virus Database: 269.13.5/990 - Release Date: 9/4/2007 10:36 PM