{"id":1059,"date":"2009-06-26T02:04:57","date_gmt":"2009-06-26T01:04:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jurecuhalev.com\/blog\/?p=1059"},"modified":"2009-06-26T02:04:57","modified_gmt":"2009-06-26T01:04:57","slug":"navigation-technology-fail-in-bay-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jurecuhalev.com\/blog\/navigation-technology-fail-in-bay-area\/","title":{"rendered":"Navigation technology Fail in Bay Area"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s easy to see San Francisco<\/a> and Bay Area as the Western hub of hi-tech technology. The theory goes that one should be able to fully navigate and organize their day with a smartphone and a bit of change for the transportation. Which works pretty well for the most part.<\/p>\n

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You tell the phone to use GPS<\/a> to figure out where in the space it is, you tell it where you want to go and decide on transportation mechanism: Driving, Public Transport and Walking. Google Maps<\/a> then sends all this personal data to the big machine in the sky and gives you back directions. Pretty nifty as it knows most of the public transportation options.<\/p>\n

That is also a catch for unwary traveller new to the area. It turns out that while there are plenty of transportation options during the day, the bay area public transport<\/a> is tricky at night. It seems that Google Maps only knows night transportation within the San Francisco and gives up if you\u2019re somewhere else, in Oakland<\/a> for example. While 4 hours of walking are always an option, it\u2019s not something you want to do at 1 AM. With a bit of luck you catch a cab and a bit of cash later, you\u2019re home.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a bigger lesson here. Blindly trusting the technology in corner cases such as late night trains, buses etc. is not very smart. Always check everything online three times to ensure that if you leave the party late, you\u2019ll know how to return home and have a Taxi phone number with you, just in case ?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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