it is a VERY new feature and in Beta. A) Did you select bicycling as
the mode of travel from the drop down menu? B) If you did and it gave
you that result you should click the report a problem link and report
the issue.
Personally... it gave me what looks to be a reasonable route from my
home in
-bunch@googlegroups.com
Subject: [RBW] Re: google maps
it is a VERY new feature and in Beta. A) Did you select bicycling as
the mode of travel from the drop down menu? B) If you did and it gave
you that result you should click the report a problem link and report
the issue.
Personally... it gave me
I had an experience similar to that of GeorgeS, but it turned out to
be user error in my case. When I selected bicycling from the menu,
it then plotted a familiar bike route, one of 3 or 4 I would have
picked based on my experience.
I'll be curious to see if this is successful. The variability in
If you plug in a route and find a problem, send feed back!
As others have mentioned, this is a beta program. Google will most
likely make changes based on the feedback. This has great potential.
We can help Google make it more helpful for us.
On Mar 12, 7:43 am, GeorgeS chobur...@gmail.com
I simply love it. I used to use the walking option, though the
Bicycling option seems to do an even better job of picking a route.
(Yes, it likely does make some decisions on keeping the route shorter
in certain instances.)
One of the many great things about Google Maps is that you click on
the
For Twin Cities cyclists, i'll give a little plug for the Cyclopath
project at the U of MN: http://cyclopath.org/
It's a wiki approach to route mapping, so users can enter routes,
notes, and destinations anywhere on the map, and it's constantly
improving. It's an excellent resource for on- and
ethan.bickf...@gmail.com
Reply-To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:12:00 -0800 (PST)
To: RBW Owners Bunch rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com
Subject: [RBW] Re: google maps
it is a VERY new feature and in Beta. A) Did you select bicycling as
the mode of travel from the drop
06:12:00 -0800 (PST)
To: RBW Owners Bunch rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com
Subject: [RBW] Re: google maps
it is a VERY new feature and in Beta. A) Did you select bicycling as
the mode of travel from the drop down menu? B) If you did and it gave
you that result you should click the report
, 12 Mar 2010 06:12:00 -0800 (PST)
To: RBW Owners Bunch rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com
Subject: [RBW] Re: google maps
it is a VERY new feature and in Beta. A) Did you select bicycling as
the mode of travel from the drop down menu? B) If you did and it gave
you that result you should
-To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:12:00 -0800 (PST)
To: RBW Owners Bunch rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com
Subject: [RBW] Re: google maps
it is a VERY new feature and in Beta. A) Did you select bicycling as
the mode of travel from the drop down menu? B) If you did
George,
Not sure that was a fair test, as there are no alternative routes that
would be more bike-friendly. The only reasonable alternative would have
been: Get a boat.
David
GeorgeS wrote:
To try out the new feature, I asked for a bike route from New Orleans
to Hammond which is on the
Here's what Vancouver, BC has going on:
http://cvtest.soeh.ubc.ca/olympics.aspx
I've never used it as I've ridden here for a long time but I know that
some people find it very handy.
However, when I plotted my route to work to see how it does it came up
with a super sketchy and surprisingly
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