I punched in my address and that of a friend with whom I ride frequently, selected ³bicycling,² and it put me on two streets for four miles that I avoid whenever possible ‹ and for which there are several safer routes. I think it needs a little work. I did not, however, think to even look for a problem link.
-- Jon ³Papa² Grant Illustration + Information Graphics Austin, Texas jgr...@papagrant.com 512-284-9599 Drawings ‹ all sorts From: Ethan <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 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 central Massachusetts to work in Boston (not a commute I plan to make often at 32 miles but good to do once in a while). Looking forward to it! Ethan On Mar 12, 8:43 am, GeorgeS <chobur...@gmail.com> wrote: > To try out the new feature, I asked for a bike route from New Orleans > to Hammond which is on the North side of Lake Ponchartrain. It routed > me across the lake on the causeway which is an elevated, divided lane > highway with a 65mph speed limit. There is no bike lane and bicycles > are not allowed on the causeway. Hmmm. > GeorgeS > > On Mar 11, 10:55 pm, Dave Minyard <salukiri...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi all, > > Google maps has a new feature still in beta...it will give directions for > > bicycling. I haven't messed with it much but seems like a good idea if it > > works well. I did check it against a ride that I like to do and it was real > > close to how I prefer. Check it out. > > > Dave Minyard > > Santa Maria, Ca. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
