Subterranean navigation on your iPhone

I spend my fair share of time—and, come to think of it, many other people’s fair shares as well—on the road these days, usually for work. In that regard, the iPhone is one of the best things that’s happened to me: even without GPS, Google Maps is a great help in finding your way around, and Safari means that more detailed help is never more than a quick search away.

We’ve covered iPhone travel tips before, but I thought it worth pointing you to MetrolpoliPhone, a site that collects subway maps from cities around the world and presents them in a convenient, iPhone-friendly format. So whether you’re in Amsterdam, Montreal, or Washington D.C., a metro map is never more than a quick tap away. The one potential shortcoming I can see is the lack of a signal while underground, so you should probably make sure to load up the site before you head into the depths (or, alternatively, save the image for the cities you travel to the most in a folder on your Mac and sync it over).

There are thirty cities currently listing with, according to the developer, more on the way, along with bus maps.

[via iPhone World]

Category: Software

Posted by Dan Moren on Feb 11 2008, 6:03 PM ET

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