New York Nearest Subway Augmented Reality iPhone 3GS App

by Scott Beale on July 15, 2009 · 3 comments

Acrossair has developed an amazing augmented reality app for the iPhone 3GS, New York Nearest Subway which helps you find the nearest subway lines as you move and tilt your iPhone.

When you load the app, holding it flat, all 33 lines of the New York Subway are displayed in coloured arrows. By tilting the phone upwards, you will see the nearest stations: what direction they are in relation to your location, how many miles away they are and what lines they are on. If you continue to tilt the phone upwards, you will see stations further away, as stacked icons

It is based on the Nearest Tube app that they developed for London underground.

via Daring Fireball


filed under Apple, New York City, iPhone

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Marton July 28, 2009 at 10:54 am

Hi,

The link for the New York Nearest Subway iPhone app changed to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ps49T0iJwVg

acrossair

Scott Beale July 28, 2009 at 11:54 am

Thanks, I’ve updated the embed code.

Charles Willson July 30, 2009 at 11:34 am

This is a great app. I hope it sees the light of day. The London Underground version has been stuck in Apple’s review queue for eons with no sign of approval.

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