>The rerouting feature does have its limitations. For those of you familiar >with the DC area, try going from, say, Reston, VA, to Ft. Myer on a route >that uses I-66. Google will not let you do that, no matter how you try to >force intermediate waypoints. So, it appears to be increasingly useful, >but it's not yet flexible enough.
If you plot a route from downtown DC to Front Royal VA you will see that it only avoids 66 inside the beltway. That is because that part of 66 is HOV restricted during certain times. Since Google Maps does not ask you what time of day you are making the trip it can only assume the worst and never send you on that part of 66. Imagine how mad you would be if Google routed you onto 66 and you got a ticket for being there at the wrong time. They already have a check box for "Avoid highways" maybe they need one for "Ignore traffic laws?" ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
