Got an iPhone? Get this travel app

So far, I have yet to graduate to the level of coolness required to own and operate an iPhone – still stuck in Verizon’s Blackberry blitz for at least another 8 months, at which time my contract expires and I am free to do as I so choose. However, if by chance I did have one of these shiny wonders in my possession, the new Discovery Guide application would be at the top of a long list of required tools.

GeoNova Publishing, Inc. just announced the Washington D.C. version of its new iPhone travel application, Discovery Guide Map; the first in a series of guides which also includes Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Las Vegas, Manhattan, New Orleans, Orlando, Philadelphia, and San Francisco.

The applications are designed for intuitive reference by first-time visitors to major U.S. destinations, offering mobile access to interactive downtown maps. Each app features a handy “Locate Me” button that instantly marks the user’s exact location with a red pin on a city map. These maps also show the locations of all the must-see attractions in town. Every attraction location is hot-linked to its web site, giving tourists quick access to useful online information from their mobile devices as they explore a new city.

“New Discovery Guide Map applications put practical tools for urban exploration in your pocket,” says Jim Hilliard, Executive Vice President for GeoNova. “They provide immediate interaction with all of the interesting attractions that each destination has to offer. Tourists can use these mobile apps to enrich their travel experiences, on the spot and in real time.”

New Discovery Guide Map iPhone applications for U.S. cities sell for $1.99 on the iTunes App Store. More information about the new applications is available at http://geonovagroup.com/ProdServ.aspx?catId=c11.

About GeoNova
GeoNova is a North American supplier of mapping content and packaged geographic products to corporations, publishers and retailers. GeoNova also creates digital mapping content and new media applications for web sites and mobile devices. GeoNova supplies the hospitality, automotive, telecommunications, and travel markets with high-value location and mapping solutions for product, logistical, marketing, and customer service needs. The company has been a primary map supplier for most major American K-12 social studies curriculum programs. GeoNova operates an online map licensing resource at StockMaps.com. More information is available at GeoNovaGroup.com.

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