Comments on: Using Google transit routing on the iPhone

By: Green Wheels

Green Wheels — Wed, 06 May 2009 07:00:38 +0000

Wish your iPod touch could help plan transit trips in Humboldt County? (It can.)…

This is a cross-post from the Trillium Solutions blog.

While iPhone users benefit from built-in transit directions, iPod touch users can feel left out on the curb.

However, until the iPod touch incorporates transit directions (and I hope it will), th…

By: Google Maps: Transit | Morouxshi [dot] com

Google Maps: Transit | Morouxshi [dot] com — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:39:04 +0000

[...] on the iPhone right now. I can’t confirm this first hand. Joe Hughes at the Headway Blog posted that he was able to access this with his iPhone late last year. I have honestly not had such luck. [...]

By: scott

scott — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 18:35:33 +0000

This one isn’t working for me either. I’m using 1.1.2.

Whether I use the kbd “search’” button, or hit “done”, then tap the google/transit search button, iphone kicks it over to the map app, and I get driving directions.

By: Joe Hughes

Joe Hughes — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 19:41:42 +0000

Tim, it does appear that Apple changed the rules for which Google Maps URLs they capture in their firmware updates, so you may be out of luck if your iPhone isn’t up to date. If you do find a workaround for older firmware, let me know!

By: Tim Pritchard

Tim Pritchard — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 17:21:26 +0000

This actually doesn’t work for me – although I’m using an iPhone with the very first iteration of firmware (1.0.x) – could this be the issue on my end? Has anyone else had success on an iPhone using the earliest version of firmware?

By: diana

diana — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 17:26:19 +0000

Congratulations to you on behalf of all of us who have been stumped by the Google Transit/Maps switch on the iPhone.

I tried your instruction — and it worked beautifully.

Thanks very much for helping us put Google Transit where it belongs: at the bus stop on an iPhone.