http://googlemapsbikethere.org/2008/07/23/google-maps-walk-there-and-walk-score/ Thu, 24 Nov 2011 02:05:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://googlemapsbikethere.org/2008/07/23/google-maps-walk-there-and-walk-score/comment-page-1/#comment-446 George Coulouris Sat, 16 Aug 2008 17:51:44 +0000 http://googlemapsbikethere.org/?p=318#comment-446 Like you and all the petition's supporters, I feel a Google Maps 'Bike There' would be great, but it is easy to underestimate the scale of the problem of doing it properly. AFAIK, all the mapping data that is available for my city (London, UK) leaves out details of many off-road or segregated cycle tracks, bicycle pass-throughs for closed roads, etc. I noticed that the Beta Walk There feature says: 'Walking directions are in beta. Use caution – This route may be missing sidewalks or pedestrian paths.' and I found the caution is certainly justified - very few of the off-road paths were used for walking routes in my area - the routes given are generally the shortest roadside ones. (Open Street Map has the most details of the walking and cycling facilities in my area.) Like you and all the petition’s supporters, I feel a Google Maps ‘Bike There’ would be great, but it is easy to underestimate the scale of the problem of doing it properly. AFAIK, all the mapping data that is available for my city (London, UK) leaves out details of many off-road or segregated cycle tracks, bicycle pass-throughs for closed roads, etc.
I noticed that the Beta Walk There feature says:
‘Walking directions are in beta. Use caution – This route may be missing sidewalks or pedestrian paths.’
and I found the caution is certainly justified – very few of the off-road paths were used for walking routes in my area – the routes given are generally the shortest roadside ones.
(Open Street Map has the most details of the walking and cycling facilities in my area.)

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