Google maps

[John Yoder]

Today for the first time I noticed that Google maps includes a legend for bicycles that identifies trails, dedicated lanes, and bicycle friendly roads.  When I took a trip across Ohio last fall, I used Google maps, which had the trails marked courtesy of the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, but I don’t remember seeing dedicated lanes or bicycle friendly roads marked.  To see the legend, run your mouse over the square marked “Satellite” or “Map” in the upper right hand corner.  I wonder how they identified bicycle friendly roads?

 

John Yoder

 

[Karl Shelly]

This blogger says bicycle friendly roads are those "designated by a city or cycle group as bike-friendly."
http://lifehacker.com/5490076/google-maps-adds-bike+friendly-directions-and-trails

Karl Shelly

On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 3:47 PM, John Yoder <jdyo...@frontier.com> wrote:

Today for the first time I noticed that Google maps includes a legend for bicycles that identifies trails, dedicated lanes, and bicycle friendly roads.  When I took a trip across Ohio last fall, I used Google maps, which had the trails marked courtesy of the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, but I don’t remember seeing dedicated lanes or bicycle friendly roads marked.  To see the legend, run your mouse over the square marked “Satellite” or “Map” in the upper right hand corner.  I wonder how they identified bicycle friendly roads?

 

John Yoder

 

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[Evan Bontrager]

Rails to trails had a special relationship with google maps to
document bike trails. They had a year and blew it. Interface and
ability to upload user input was inadequate. Google didn't retract
their public support for rails to trails but has quietly taken back
ownership of their bicycle routes. They provide a user drawing tools
which submits requests to official editors.

I used this for several routes in Goshen. While I wanted to upload
gps data, I was required to draw and submit. Editors were very fast.
A few times I needed to resubmit corrections but eventually it seemed
to work.

The bike lanes and routes is new so my experience thus far is only for
trails. Google appears very dedicated to non-auto routes and mapping
so I expect this to continue evolving.

Evan Bontrager