{"id":2346,"date":"2015-05-23T00:30:16","date_gmt":"2015-05-23T05:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thepassportoffice.com\/blog\/citymaps-could-this-new-app-be-more-useful-than-google-maps\/"},"modified":"2022-02-11T12:15:37","modified_gmt":"2022-02-11T17:15:37","slug":"citymaps-could-this-new-app-be-more-useful-than-google-maps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepassportoffice.com\/blog\/citymaps-could-this-new-app-be-more-useful-than-google-maps\/","title":{"rendered":"CityMaps: Could This New App Be More Useful Than Google Maps?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>CityMaps: Could This New App Be More Useful Than Google Maps?<\/strong><br \/>\nFresh off an investment of $  6 million, the recently redesigned CityMaps app may soon replace Google Maps\u2014at least when it comes to travel planning\u2014with intuitive features that make it as easy to create personalized maps as it is to discover new shops &#8230;<br \/>\n<i>Read more on <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cntraveler.com\/stories\/2015-04-08\/citymaps-could-this-new-app-be-more-useful-than-google-maps\">Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/i><\/p>\n<p><strong>Editor&#39;s Letter: The Beauty of the Last-Minute Trip<\/strong><br \/>\nEditor-in-chief Pilar Guzman on why spontaneous trips can lead to the greatest memories. It seems that any time my sister and I try to plan a trip together too far in advance, one of us always ends up having to cancel. Which is why, when a work trip to &#8230;<br \/>\n<i>Read more on <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cntraveler.com\/stories\/2015-03-24\/editors-letter-pilar-guzman-last-minute-trips\">Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/i><\/p>\n<p><strong>Have faith in the melting-pot<\/strong><br \/>\nArnulfo Olazaran Valladares, a carpenter waiting to renew a passport at Antioch&#39;s consulate on wheels, has lived in Nashville since 1995. His eldest son is studying medicine in eastern Tennessee, thanks to a scholarship. Another son is an American &#8230;<br \/>\n<i>Read more on <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.economist.com\/news\/special-report\/21646004-hispanic-americas-rise-tremendous-opportunity-have-faith-melting-pot\">The Economist<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CityMaps: Could This New App Be More Useful Than Google Maps? 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