Comments on: Examining Google’s Walking Directions

By: ubrayj02

ubrayj02 — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 10:23:41 +0000

My money’s on Google Transit, since it already exists in certain areas of the world that have plugged into Google’s map API. The MTA is working on making it’s services Google-able:

http://metroriderla.com/2008/04/16/going-ga-ga-for-google-transit/

By: Browne Molyneux

Browne Molyneux — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 08:10:50 +0000

I thought at the end of Newton’s post he asked a question.

“Anyone want to take bets on whether or not Google Metro comes out before Google Bikes?” Newton

My above statement was answering that questions.

By: ubrayj02

ubrayj02 — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 02:46:51 +0000

Google Walking just came out. It is “live”.

There is no Google Bikes.

By: Browne Molyneux

Browne Molyneux — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 01:21:23 +0000

Google bikes will come out first, at least in LA.

Websites get money in regards to demographic, the demographic that rides bikes has more money than the demographic that does public transit only, so my guess if I know capitalism, Google bikes, though this is silly since most people have to combine their cycling route with public transit, though again though the people who travel the farthest have the least amount of money, so again probably Google bikes.

Browne

By: Corey Burger

Corey Burger — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 19:46:27 +0000

Google Maps is great but it is nearly impossible to change the cartographic data that underlies the maps. Enter OpenStreetMap. We have far more walking trails and other bike/walk facilties mapped than does Google. An example (from my hometown of Victoria, BC) http://geo.topf.org/comparison/index.html?mt0=googlemap&mt1=mapnik&lon=-123.3288288&lat=48.487202&z=15

Anybody can map with OSM and all the data is released under CC by sa 3.0. Check it out: http://openstreetmap.org/

By: ubrayj02

ubrayj02 — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 00:40:12 +0000

I used Google Walking to plan a bike route from my house in Lincoln Heights to the Boyle Hieghts Sears – brilliant!

I took State, got onto St. Louis – bam! Uber chill, and way better than the crappy route I had picked out.

By: User1

User1 — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 20:55:18 +0000

I’ll take Google Metro over Google Bikes any day. Yeah I would prefer both, but given a choice. Anyways couldn’t you pretty much rely on Google Walking for bike routes? Sure it’s not a prefect solution, but not a bad temp fix.

I’ve been waiting for metro directions for a long time. Sad it’s taken this long to appear. Now THAT would be very beneficial for quite a few people.

For the record I use my bicycle, metro, and a car to get around.