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10. March 2010 | 18:30

Google Maps Now Has Biking Directions

Google has partnered with Rails-to-Trails (RTC), a nonprofit focused on creating a network of trails from former rail lines, to add biking directions to Google Maps. Google Maps now has biking route details for more than 150 U.S. cities covering more than 12,000 miles of trails and bike lanes. Google says it plans to continue to add new trail information to Google Maps and is requesting feedback … (News Source: WebProNews - 15:14:37)

Google Maps Now Includes Intelligent Bike Routes

Bikers rejoice, Google has just added intelligent biking directions for more than 12,000 U.S. bike trails as a new option inside Google Maps. The company writes that the new biking features will “include 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 … (News Source: Mashable - 16:51:51)

Google Maps: Now with Biking Directions

Biking to Annisquam, tagged Bostonist by sandcastlematt Just in time for spring, Google Maps has rolled out one thing we always wanted: biking directions . The new feature keeps your wheels on bike paths (mapped through a Rails to Trails partnership ) and in bike lanes as much as possible, avoids hills, and achieves other goals critical to a pleasant bike ride. The routes aren’t necessarily the … (News Source: Bostonist - 15:56:17)

Google Maps Adds Bike-Friendly Directions and Trails [Google Maps]

# googlemaps It’s long been one of Google Map’s most requested features, and now it’s here. Recreational cyclists and bike commuters alike can plot cycle-friendly routes, find trails, and avoid snarling traffic with Google Maps’ Bicycle layer. More Â» (News Source: Lifehacker - 16:19:22)

The Yahoo Cycling Team Is Going To Love This New Google Maps Feature

Yahoo is backing a cycling team . I don’t know why - but they’re doing it. And today their passion got a little boost: from Google. Google is announcing tomorrow at the National Bike Summit in Washington, DC that Google Maps will now include biking directions in the U.S. Apparently, this was the most-requested feature for the service, as some 57 million Americans ride bikes. (News Source: TechCrunch - 09:00:45)

Google Maps Takes Steps To Improve Marker Accuracy

By and large, Google Maps is great, providing well-plotted directions and up-to-date contact information on demand and free of charge. But slight inaccuracies persist, and to fix this problem, Google will now allow people to reposition markers using Street View instead of just maps and satellite images. Perhaps this sounds familiar: you type an address into Google Maps, switch to Street View … (News Source: WebProNews - 16:59:44)

Google Maps rolls out trail and street directions for cyclists

A new layer on Google Maps will let cyclists access maps of 150 cities around the US. It’s a bike geek’s dream come true. (News Source: The Christian Science Monitor - 15:56:26)

Google Adds Biking Directions to Maps

While you are pondering on the points made by Todd about online retirement, here’s a worthwile albeit healthy activity that you may want to consider - biking. And to help you navigate your way through U.S. cities on your bike, Google has just added useful biking directions and bike trail data to Google Maps.Google has been gathering these bike trail… Check out the SEO Tools guide at Search … (News Source: Search Engine Journal - 15:13:29)

Attention Bikers - Google Maps is for you!

At long last, Google Maps has routes specifically for bikes. With the click of a mouse, the new feature allows you to plot the best (and flattest!) ride from Point A to Point B. Several cities, including New York, Minneapolis, San Francisco and Portland, Oregon, have bike-specific mapping sites. But Google is rolling it out in 150 cities nationwide and announcing it Wednesday at the 10th Annual … (News Source: Environmental News Network - 15:52:17)

Google Maps to add bike maps, directions

Cyclists will be able to use Google Maps to plot directions around 150 U.S. cities when bike directions go live on Google later on Tuesday. (News Source: CNET - 05:13:29)

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