Excerpt from:  Santa Clarita Local News
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February 12, 2007

Navigating Through Santa Clarita with Google and a Cell Phone

Cool new Google tool lets you get directions to Santa Clarita locations on your cell phone.
"Simply text what you're looking for to 466453 (GOOGLE)."

Google mobile has recently introduced a new tool that allows you to get directions on your mobile phone, without the need of a web browser.

Simply text what you're looking for to 466453 (GOOGLE). You can either request directions or look for a specific type of restaurant.

Here's what I got when requesting directions from my offices at Vintage Sotheby's International Realty to Valencia High School (23822 Valencia Blvd 91355 to 27801 Dickason 91355):

Directions:
Distance: 2.6 mi (about 3 mins) 5 steps.
1. Head NE from Valencia Blvd (0.2)
2. (L) at Magic Mountain Pky (0.8)
3. (R) at McBean Pky (0.9)

4. (L) at Newhall Ranch Rd (0.5)
5. (R) at N Dickason Dr (0.2)

A request for Valencia Pizza gives the following results (be sure to use Valencia CA Pizza so you don't get Pizza in Spain):

Local Listings:
Pizza Dimarco
27674 Newhall Ranch Rd # 45
Valencia, 91355
661-295-8769

Domino's Pizza
23329 Lyons Ave # C
Valencia, 91355
661-254-0300

And of course if you forget how to find me, you can text "Linda Slocum Santa Clarita" and you'll get the following results:

Linda Slocum Real Estate Agent
23822 Valencia Blvd
Valencia, 91355
661-406-1662

Not all search requests were this good, but it's certainly a start. Look for more tools as Google Mobile continues to expand and ehance its offerings.

by Linda Slocum
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