If you are traveling in the Paris Metro or riding the bus and rails in New York City and you don’t have a clue where to transfer or stop to check out that art museum or dive bar, Google Maps 5.7 for Android may now become your tour guide.
Or at least Google Maps 5.7 for Android will show you the way, including prompting you when you need to transfer or get off the train.
You just use the app’s GPS feature, which determines your current location, insert your destination, and tap the bus icon for transit directions, and away you go.
Read full story at: http://www.tnooz.com/2011/07/07/mobile/google-maps-becomes-mobile-transit-system-tour-guide/