Google Open Spot alerts Android users to freed parking spaces — Engadget
Google introduced Open Spot, a smartphone app (currently available for Android phones only) that directs users to available free parking spots within a 1.5km radius from their current location.
Read the Engadget review, originally posted July 11, 2010:
Oh, sure — this has certainly been tried before, but given that things like this need a critical mass of followers to be effective, we’re particularly jazzed about Google‘s own initiative.Dubbed ‘Open Spot,’ this bloody brilliant Android (2.0 and up) application enables motorists to search for unclaimed spaces that have been reported by other Open Spot users, and once they head elsewhere, it allows them to mark their spot as open and available.
Once a spot is marked, the color gradually fades from red to yellow the longer it remains unclaimed.
PHOTO: Engadget
Read the full review, via Engadget.
Go to Google Labs website and learn more about Open Spot.
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