Comments on: League confirms: Google Maps now has biking directions http://bikeportland.org/2010/03/09/league-confirms-google-maps-now-has-biking-directions-30483 Portland Oregon bicycle news, events, culture, travel and opinion. Tue, 29 May 2012 00:55:47 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Sandra http://bikeportland.org/2010/03/09/league-confirms-google-maps-now-has-biking-directions-30483#comment-1556025 Sandra Thu, 13 May 2010 18:55:12 +0000 http://bikeportland.org/?p=30483#comment-1556025 Don't they have walking directions too? Or was I dreaming that up :-p This is great I'm glad Google can come up with unique ways of providing valuable information for all walks of life. Don't they have walking directions too? Or was I dreaming that up :-p This is great I'm glad Google can come up with unique ways of providing valuable information for all walks of life.

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]]> By: Google Maps ‘Bike There’ | Why Google Maps’ New Biking Directions Could Be Huge http://bikeportland.org/2010/03/09/league-confirms-google-maps-now-has-biking-directions-30483#comment-1520603 Google Maps ‘Bike There’ | Why Google Maps’ New Biking Directions Could Be Huge Sun, 21 Mar 2010 21:59:31 +0000 http://bikeportland.org/?p=30483#comment-1520603 [...] I might not be so crazy to think that Google Maps could have had that much of an influence already. Here’s the League of American Bicyclists’ Andy Clarke: It is a game-changer, especially for those short trips that are the most polluting… This new tool [...] [...] I might not be so crazy to think that Google Maps could have had that much of an influence already. Here’s the League of American Bicyclists’ Andy Clarke: It is a game-changer, especially for those short trips that are the most polluting… This new tool [...]

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]]> By: Paul Johnson http://bikeportland.org/2010/03/09/league-confirms-google-maps-now-has-biking-directions-30483#comment-1515270 Paul Johnson Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:54:38 +0000 http://bikeportland.org/?p=30483#comment-1515270 This just seems sub-par given the state of OpenCycleMap.org and OpenStreetMap.org. This just seems sub-par given the state of OpenCycleMap.org and OpenStreetMap.org.

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]]> By: BikePortland.org » Blog Archive » A few last notes and a mini-Q&A with Google Maps product guy http://bikeportland.org/2010/03/09/league-confirms-google-maps-now-has-biking-directions-30483#comment-1514505 BikePortland.org » Blog Archive » A few last notes and a mini-Q&A with Google Maps product guy Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:08:21 +0000 http://bikeportland.org/?p=30483#comment-1514505 [...] to Maps.Google.com/biking to learn more. Previous coverage of this story here (with lots of informative comments) and [...] [...] to Maps.Google.com/biking to learn more. Previous coverage of this story here (with lots of informative comments) and [...]

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]]> By: PDXcyclist http://bikeportland.org/2010/03/09/league-confirms-google-maps-now-has-biking-directions-30483#comment-1514502 PDXcyclist Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:01:39 +0000 http://bikeportland.org/?p=30483#comment-1514502 I'm at the very outer edge of Portland, at the border with Tigard. It gave me the exact route I take on my commute which is nice. I'm at the very outer edge of Portland, at the border with Tigard. It gave me the exact route I take on my commute which is nice.

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]]> By: KeithDarlow http://bikeportland.org/2010/03/09/league-confirms-google-maps-now-has-biking-directions-30483#comment-1514501 KeithDarlow Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:49:22 +0000 http://bikeportland.org/?p=30483#comment-1514501 Super! It still some bugs to work out. I come to NW Portland via Broadway. It wants me to turn right and go a block out of my way near the bridge instead of just continuing down Broadway and onto the bridge. I will be using this A LOT! Especially in unfamiliar cities. Super! It still some bugs to work out. I come to NW Portland via Broadway. It wants me to turn right and go a block out of my way near the bridge instead of just continuing down Broadway and onto the bridge. I will be using this A LOT! Especially in unfamiliar cities.

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]]> By: Paul http://bikeportland.org/2010/03/09/league-confirms-google-maps-now-has-biking-directions-30483#comment-1514497 Paul Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:40:07 +0000 http://bikeportland.org/?p=30483#comment-1514497 I wonder what the chances are of getting little off-street connector pathways and "unofficial" routes like Riverview Cemetery added. In terms of the little off-street connectors, for instance, there's a path that connects SW 66th to 217/Kruse Way near my office in the Tigard Triangle area that doesnt appear, re-routing you down to Bonita in order to get around the 217/I-5 interchange. I wonder what the chances are of getting little off-street connector pathways and "unofficial" routes like Riverview Cemetery added.

In terms of the little off-street connectors, for instance, there's a path that connects SW 66th to 217/Kruse Way near my office in the Tigard Triangle area that doesnt appear, re-routing you down to Bonita in order to get around the 217/I-5 interchange.

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]]> By: DS http://bikeportland.org/2010/03/09/league-confirms-google-maps-now-has-biking-directions-30483#comment-1514491 DS Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:23:54 +0000 http://bikeportland.org/?p=30483#comment-1514491 Bycycle seems to have some good information, but it also ends at the state line, making it not as useful if you live in Vancouver. It won't even let me force a route to anywhere north of Jantzen Beach; it just acts like there's no map there. Bycycle seems to have some good information, but it also ends at the state line, making it not as useful if you live in Vancouver. It won't even let me force a route to anywhere north of Jantzen Beach; it just acts like there's no map there.

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]]> By: are http://bikeportland.org/2010/03/09/league-confirms-google-maps-now-has-biking-directions-30483#comment-1514485 are Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:06:17 +0000 http://bikeportland.org/?p=30483#comment-1514485 just fed a route i am used to doing into both google and bycycle, got a much better result with bycycle. plus one to comment 24 on choosing knott over broadway. similar mistaken choices throughout the google route, some of which i admit are subtleties. just fed a route i am used to doing into both google and bycycle, got a much better result with bycycle. plus one to comment 24 on choosing knott over broadway. similar mistaken choices throughout the google route, some of which i admit are subtleties.

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]]> By: OnTheRoad http://bikeportland.org/2010/03/09/league-confirms-google-maps-now-has-biking-directions-30483#comment-1514463 OnTheRoad Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:15:32 +0000 http://bikeportland.org/?p=30483#comment-1514463 The route recommended from SE 20th & Division to Johns Landing would take you over the Ross Island Bridge. OMG Are you sure they had bicycles in mind? The route recommended from SE 20th & Division to Johns Landing would take you over the Ross Island Bridge.

OMG

Are you sure they had bicycles in mind?

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