Google (trail) Maps
by Phillip Barron
Now that Google’s done mapping and photographing all the important streets in the world, they’re turning their attention to the auto-free zones.
Now Google Maps is expanding to biking and hiking trails. A Google employee on a tricycle rides around to snap the same wide-area views.
“Much of the world is inaccessible to the car,” says Daniel Ratner, a Google senior engineer who designed the trike. “We want to get access to places people find important.” — USA Today
Google Maps Bike Paths and Hiking Trails, coming soon to a place off the beaten path near you. How long before the Google Tricycle rides the ATT I wonder…
Comments
Just taking another opportunity to publicize Openstreetmap (http://www.openstreetmap.org), the “Free” as in beer and source map of the world. Many bicycle and hiking trails in the Triangle have already been mapped, but more effort is needed.
Cloudmade (http://maps.cloudmade.com) now has a Beta service that does ok routing, also.