Once I got the Flickr photo search boxed over my map, I thought why not include the public transport timetable and route search the same way. So now I open the search box, enter origin and destination information and the public transport routing shows me the best way to go by foot, bus, tram and subway. All done with a little help of the “involuntary” API of our public transport company, the Wiener Linien.
Accessing the route search directly out of the map would be more convenient. E.g. mark origin and destination directly on the map and the route search shows you the quickest way between the two points by public transport.
I guess it’s time to register at the deCarta Developer Zone to get access to a geocoder API for Vienna which does reverse geocoding too…