Yahoo Maps on your iPod


Yahoo Maps have now come to the iPod via a free program called iWay. The program displays maps only on iPods capable of viewing photos and appears to work by creating a series of pictures of your directions that you scroll through using the fast forward and reverse buttons. Once you have entered your to and from locations on the site you download a zip file which you extract to your iTunes photo file. While not the most sophisticated method or porting your directions around with you the pictures on the website look good and the directions appear easy to read. Another good example of the breeding faster than rabbits mashups involving the main internet mapping services.


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