Hey Nimit,
I sure wish you would clean that obnoxious header garbage out of the
subject line before you forward that stuff.
Don Roberts
On 12/11/2013 4:49 PM, Nimit wrote:
Sent from my iPhone
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*Date:* December 11, 2013 at 7:06:26 PM EST
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*Subject:* *[IDevices] {Disarmed} FW: Get Walking Directions in Maps
for iPhone*
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*Feed:*OS X Daily
*Posted on:* Wednesday, December 11, 2013 5:02 PM
*Author:* Paul Horowitz
*Subject:* Get Walking Directions in Maps for iPhone
Maps iconMany urbanites and city dwellers get about by walking, the
oldest form of transportation in existence. If you’re one of us who
often gets about a concrete jungle by propelling your legs in a
forwardly direction, you’ll be pleased to know that the popular
mapping applications in iOS have you covered. Both the default Maps
app from Apple and Google Maps offer walking directions, though using
each is slightly different.
Set Walking Directions as Default in Apple Maps for iOS
Notice this is “set” walking directions, because with Apple Maps you
can set the default direction choice to be walking, which is excellent
if you spend most of your time in a walkable downtown region.
1. Open the “Settings” app and choose “Maps”
2. Scroll down to “Preferred Directions” and tap on “Walking” to set
foot traffic as your new default preference
3. Exit out of Settings and go back to the Maps app for changes to
take effect
Walking directions on the iPhone
Directions will now be provided with a preference by foot travel, and
it’s usually pretty good, providing sidewalk shortcuts and foot/bike
overpasses when possible. For the most part, this is really best for a
city, and it’s a largely fruitless endeavor beyond the obvious for
smaller towns, which often set the walking directions as the same as
driving directions.
This can also be useful to toggle on for those visiting a downtown
region for the day, say if you have a car parked in a garage and have
spent the day walking around, since it can make the pin drop
find-your-car trick
<http://osxdaily.com/2013/08/20/use-iphone-find-where-car-parked/>
more appropriate for getting back to the car by foot.DRUDGE SIREN
Get Walking Directions in Google Maps for iOS
Google Maps handles walking directions a bit different than Apple
Maps, with no general default setting other than what you last used.
This means if you last looked for driving directions, that will be
your default, or if you last used walking, then foot travel would be
the default. Anyway, using Google for walking directions is super simple:
1. Open Google Maps and search for a destination, or tap and hold to
drop a pin
2. Tap the walking guy icon at the top of the screen to toggle
walking directions on
3. Now tap the desired route from the list to draw walking directions
on the map
Walking directions in Google Maps
Google Maps seems to have more walking data than Apple Maps, and
you’ll sometimes get slightly different and often better walking
directions for some locations, particularly smaller cities. Google
also lets you drop a destination into the middle of nowhere, meaning
no where near a road at all, and it will try it’s best to give you
walking directions to get there – which can mean travel through parks,
trails, walkways, and other corridors that may be otherwise not quite
obvious.
Even for driving I generally recommend having both Google Maps and
Apple Maps installed on iPhones, since adding Google Maps doesn’t take
up much space, and, let’s face it, it’s still more accurate for many
places anyway. The accuracy gap is shrinking, but urban folks will
still often be better served by Google Maps, and thus it really does
deserve a place on the iPhone of anyone who plans on spending a lot of
time walking about in a city, even if it’s just for vacation. Another
helpful trick is to remember that many city streets are laid out on a
grid, sometimes in obvious north/south/east/west fashion, which can
makes reorienting the maps to be pointing north
<http://osxdaily.com/2012/10/10/reorient-maps-to-run-north-south-again-in-ios/>
particularly helpful when walking around.
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