06/07: Google Maps got smarter, by taking your advice
I got to spend the 4th of July in Napa this year with my dear friend Gary Galleron, the owner of the famed Galleron Wines. If anyone knows wine, it’s Gary. I met Gary at the Calistoga fair years ago when he entered a wine in the Napa Valley Home Winemakers Association competition. He won first place and overall ‘Best of Show’ for a delicious Late Harvest Riesling. I usually find Rieslings too sweet, but his was as close to perfect as I had ever tasted. We traded notes on winemaking and selecting grapes, immediately hitting it off. He gave me some tips for my Archer Farms Cab that I immediately put to use during the next vintage.
Anyway, he invited me out for the fireworks and the upcoming MLB All-star game in San Fran. He was supplying wine for some of the VIP parties and received some tickets to the game. We can’t wait!
While we were discussing the upcoming weekend, I was asking him about routes to take to go to a couple of destinations. Popping up the trusted friend Google Maps, I noticed some of the routes may be shorter, but I didn’t think they were the fastest ways around town, especially with the All-Star game in town.
While I was looking at the maps, Gary reached over and clicked on a peiece of the route and simply dragged it to another road that was faster. The map thought for a second and then proceeded to produce a new set of directions based upon that new path Gary set out.
Pretty fancy use of AJAX. Hats off to Google again! I should have no problem getting to the game and back to Gary’s by sunrise!
Anyway, he invited me out for the fireworks and the upcoming MLB All-star game in San Fran. He was supplying wine for some of the VIP parties and received some tickets to the game. We can’t wait!
While we were discussing the upcoming weekend, I was asking him about routes to take to go to a couple of destinations. Popping up the trusted friend Google Maps, I noticed some of the routes may be shorter, but I didn’t think they were the fastest ways around town, especially with the All-Star game in town.
While I was looking at the maps, Gary reached over and clicked on a peiece of the route and simply dragged it to another road that was faster. The map thought for a second and then proceeded to produce a new set of directions based upon that new path Gary set out.
Pretty fancy use of AJAX. Hats off to Google again! I should have no problem getting to the game and back to Gary’s by sunrise!
