New Sharon woman gets GPS drivers out of woods | Franklin | Sun Journal

New Sharon woman gets GPS drivers out of woods | Franklin | Sun Journal: "NEW SHARON — If the Global Positioning System in your vehicle says it's so then it must be so, at least that's what the drivers of vehicles Georgia Tolman pulls out of the snow, water and mud tell her.

As the sun pulls the frost from her country dirt road Wednesday, Tolman comes out from her shop, Shadagee Snowshoe Relacing, to ask, “GPS?” Sometimes, she says, she asks, “GPS or MapQuest?”"

Yelp Official Blog: New Categories for Business Owners

Yelp realizes that classifying businesses correctly is critical to them being useful to consumers. Ever try searching through "Business Services"? Ugg.

Yelp Official Blog: New Categories for Business Owners:

Yelp: "...our engineering team has just rolled out some new categories for business owners. This is a good thing for many of you who may fall further down the long tail: if your labeling is precise, you're more relevant to potential customers using Yelp to research your services. The more relevant you are, the more likely you are to convert that potential customer into a paying customer."

Top Food Categories Searched Using GPS

1. Pizza
2. Chinese
3. Burgers
4. American
5. Mexican
6. Italian
7. Steak House
8. Sea Food
9. BBQ 
10. Japanese

TeleNav’s GPS search data also sheds some light on the cuisine preferences of American drivers. Search data from December 2009 showed that pizza is the top food item searched for by customers using TeleNav’s GPS applications. Residents of Chicago led the way in GPS searches for pizza while residents of New York City were most likely to search for the nation’s second preferred cuisine type, Chinese food. Rounding out the top five of America’s most searched food types are burgers, American food and Mexican food, respectively.

“Every month our users are conducting millions of searches while using GPS navigation applications. This data provides a very interesting look into the locations people across the country are searching for while on the road,” said Sal Dhanani, co-founder and vice president, products and marketing for TeleNav. “In addition to searches, our customers are relying on our products to complete millions of trips each month. The data we’ve collected from these trips has helped us identify the features that are most relied on by our users and provides an intriguing look into how GPS usage differs across the country.”

-  Thanks TeleNav   ( http://www.telenav.com/about/pr-national-gps-usage/ )

National GPS Usage Data: TeleNav

National GPS Usage Data Reveals Wal-Mart is Nation’s Most Searched for Destination While on the Road:

"TeleNav, one of the largest navigation services providers with more than 13 million subscribers, today released usage data* that suggests users depend on GPS navigation for much more than getting from point A to point B. The data indicates that while customers in various cities depend on some GPS features more than others, when it comes to searching out nearby businesses on the road"

Official Google Blog: Biking directions added to Google Maps

Official Google Blog: Biking directions added to Google Maps:

Google: "Today we've added biking directions and extensive bike trail data to Google Maps for the U.S. My team has been keeping close tabs on all the public support for biking directions that’s been steadily coming in, but we knew that when we added the feature, we wanted to do it right: we wanted to include as much bike trail data as possible, provide efficient routes, allow riders to customize their trip, make use of bike lanes, calculate rider-friendly routes that avoid big hills and customize the look of the map for cycling to encourage folks to hop on their bikes. So that's exactly what we've done."