Taxonomy is designed to make your taxi experience better, from start to finish. Features include:
A destination search engine, allowing you to search by name or street address. It returns street intersections rather than numbered street addresses, so the taxi driver knows where to go.
A time and cost calculator that will tell you the important facts about your journey before you leave.
Foursquare check-ins: add your information while you're in the taxi, and we'll check you in as soon as you arrive. Get a push notification to your phone when you are near your destination.
A tip calculator to help you work out how much to give your taxi driver - and then a split calculator to work out how much each passenger owes.
The ability to automatically bill your friends for their share of the journey using Venmo- no more messing around with cash.
Ride reviews- enter your taxi driver's ID number and review your experience. Help us identify the best and worst NYC taxi drivers!
The NYC BigApps entry is just the start- in the future we're going to bring instant bookings with private car services, and better billing options. Check out the web site or follow @taxonomyapp on Twitter to keep up to date.
Taxonomy uses the Foursquare API for venue search and checkins, and CartoDB to to store and query street intersections for any address in the city.
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