In the spirit of killing two birds with one stone, I post this to share with members who may be going to the upcoming American Library Association Annual Conference this week in Chicago and with those interested in things Google.
Check out the beta Google Ride service on the Google Labs page. Chicago is one of the selected metro areas for which you can "find a taxi, limousine or shuttle using real time position of vehicles." Balloons color-coded by company show up on a Google map and indicate the actual location of the vehicles, with the positional information usually less than five minutes old.
So, visit Chicago, have a wonderful conference, and in the event that you need a ride, "enter a zip code, the name of a city or even a specific address" and reduce your wait by finding the company with the most vehicles in your vicinity!
SUBJECTS: ALA ASSORTMENTS; WEB SEARCH STUFF
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