14 DAY TRIAL // The web-based tool Google Maps is again brought in the spotlights after the parent company Google partnered with JetBlue Airways in a deal meant to provide a different perspective for the satellite imagery. The agreement will offer the possibility to track the fly straight from the plane using some special screens installed in the airplanes. Basically, the customers of the airline company will be allowed to view flight altitude, speed and the current location from any of the 54 destinations powered by JetBlue.
In addition, the two companies debuted a special contest, requiring contenders to send amateur picture captured inside the plane. The competition was rolled out on June 5 and is available until September 3. "To celebrate, JetBlue is asking customers to get snap-happy with the "JetBlue Point of View" photo contest. Between June 5 and September 3, snap a few photos out the window at 35,000 feet, log your location by flipping to the Google Maps channel on your seatback TV, and then submit your favorite image to JetBlue. After September 3, the top 10 photographers will be rewarded with roundtrip travel for two anywhere JetBlue flies," Brett Muney, Manager Product Development, JetBlue, said today.
The top 25 photos will be selected on September 10 and will be published on the main page of the airline company. Then, the visitors will be required to choose the best of them while the top 10 will be rewarded with a roundtrip travel.
In the recent period, Google Maps managed to remain the most promoted Google product because it received a considerable number of updates, most of them representing innovatory features. Take for example the Street View function that allows users to view street-level panoramas with several US cities. However, the company attracted users' criticism after some of them sustained that the feature is invading their privacy showing sensitive information.