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Google Sightseeing is now optimized for your iPhone and iPod Touch!

Tuesday, 29th January 2008 by James

If you’re lucky enough to own an iPhone or an iPod Touch then you’ll be delighted to hear that Google Sightseeing is now fully optimized for handheld sightseeing!

Just dig out your iPhone on Touch and point Safari to http://googlesightseeing.com/1 to get the optimized site.

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We’ve simplified the site layout to make it much easier to read on the small screen and reduce the download size for when you’re using the EDGE network.

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The newly optimized GSS also integrates with your device’s built in Google Maps application2, so you can now pinch zoom your way around the latest Google Sightseeing sights!

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Lastly, we’ve also created a “Web Clip” icon, so if you have the latest 1.1.3 firmware you can add Google Sightseeing to the home screen for one-touch access!

We’d like to hear your feedback on the new site, so please either comment here or send us an email.

  1. If you haven’t got yourself an iPhone yet then visit http://m.googlesightseeing.com/ in any browser to see what you’re missing. ↩

  2. Unfortunately there’s currently no way to tell the Google Maps application to switch to satellite view, so if you’ve been looking at maps you’ll have to manually switch. ↩

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9 Responses to 'Google Sightseeing is now optimized for your iPhone and iPod Touch!'

  1. 1. Chet says: January 30th, 2008 at 1:16 am

    Thats brilliant!

    Of course, i sold my iPhone a while ago but when i get a Touch i’ll be testing it out

  2. 2. Joona says: January 30th, 2008 at 2:36 pm

    Whoa,

    works beautifully on my iPod Touch!
    Thank you, GSS!

  3. 3. dr.R. says: January 30th, 2008 at 5:12 pm
  4. 4. dr.R. says: January 30th, 2008 at 5:13 pm

    (That is indeed all I wanted to say)

  5. 5. nova72 says: January 30th, 2008 at 6:04 pm

    this isn’t really related to the ipod/iphone stuf, but…

    what happen to the streetview forum??

  6. Google Sightseeing Admin
    6. Rob says: January 30th, 2008 at 6:32 pm

    Spiffing!

  7. 7. Cookie monster says: January 30th, 2008 at 8:59 pm

    This has got nothing to do with nothing but bought some piece of kit from the Apple shop today and the fella just had a little hand held ’till’ and they emailed my receipt!
    We are living in the future i tell ya!
    The tri-corder is just round the corner ….i guarantee it!

  8. Google Sightseeing Admin
    8. James says: January 30th, 2008 at 9:36 pm

    @nova: It went away as nobody used it. It took you months to notice! ;-)

  9. 9. nova72 says: January 31st, 2008 at 1:43 pm

    haha yeh i only checked it about once a month or less, so thats understandable.

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