The front page of the business section of today’s New York Times describes new functionality found in the apps of some airlines and airports. They offer turn by turn directions like those in Google Maps or Apple Maps to navigate the airport and find locations there. Specifically, American Airlines offers turn by turn directions using its app in airports in Miami, Phoenix, San Jose and Chicago O’Hare. The Amsterdam airport has an app with turn-by-turn directions. A private company has installed wayfinding beacons in the airports in Miami, and Nice, France. In the UK, Easy Jet has an app with indoor navigation for Gatwick airport.
Has anyone used these apps to provide turn-by-turn navigation to reach a gate, a baggage carousel or an airport restaurant? What was the experience like? How accessible was it? The story can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/zrmnft7 It begins: For Brett Fox, just getting around an airport could be difficult enough. From check-in to security lines to finding a meal that he actually wants, it added stress to the journey. But then he discovered the turn-by-turn direction feature on American Airline’s app when he and his family arrived at Miami International Airport from a Bahamas vacation last fall. With it, he could find La Carreta — a Cuban restaurant at the airport where he had dined years before but whose name he could not remember — on the airport’s map. “My wife and I had three kids who were hungry,” said Mr. Fox, a sales manager based in St. Louis for a legal research company. He did a search for Cuban restaurants at the airport, found La Carreta, and the app “showed us exactly where it was and the best way to get there.” -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
