Google map have biking direction

Mar 13, 2010 | Comments 0

Google Maps added a new type of directions for the US: bicycling directions. Google map come up with biking directions keep you on bike-friendly roads and avoid some of the city’s busiest intersections. Google map team included as much bike trail data as possible, provide efficient routes, allow riders to customize their trip, make use of bike lanes, calculate rider-friendly routes that avoid big hills and customize the look of the map for cycling to encourage folks to hop on their bikes.

What google map team saying is ‘Biking directions can help you find a convenient and efficient route that makes use of dedicated bike trails or lanes and avoids hills whenever possible. To find biking directions, select “Bicycling” from the drop-down menu when you do a directions search:

They have added information about bike trails, lanes and recommended roads directly onto the map. This can help you get a better sense of your route, or let you find trails nearby for a recreational ride. When you’re zoomed into a city, click on the “More” button at the top of the map to turn on the “Bicycling” layer. You’ll see three types of lines appear on the map:

Dark green indicates a dedicated bike-only trail;
Light green indicates a dedicated bike lane along a road;
Dashed green indicates roads that are designated as preferred for bicycling, but without dedicated lanes

Google map have more than 12,000 miles of trails included in biking directions and outlined directly on the map and they also have data on bike lanes and recommended streets for 150 cities across the country. As this is beta google team wanted feedback on the biking directions. See the YouTube video on biking direction