New York City Subway Adds Windows Live Maps
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the company that runs the New York City mass transit system, released an improved version of their Trip Planner site that includes Microsoft’s Windows Live Maps. The site lets straphangers enter where they are going and when they want to get there, and receive bus, subway and walking directions, and now, they can see where they need to go on an embedded Windows Live Map.
The MTA has created an overlay of the familiar subway map for its Live Map, placing the subway and bus routes on top of Microsoft’s maps. This overlay even works in 3D mode, though the 3D buildings makes it nearly impossible to see the subway stations. For some reason, it only links to the map for the walking directions, but the subway routes are still there for reference.
