After a long wait and more than 50,000 signatures on an online petition, cyclists will be happy to know that Google Inc. has finally added bicycle routes to Google Maps. In Google Maps, users can now find “Bicycling” in the tool’s “Get Directions” drop-down box. After choosing the...
Google Maps makes cycling easier in some cities.Sort by: m marxcie pjV 02 Nov 2020 Nice! Although a bit sad we had to have a coronavirus crisis to get some attention on the bike-related features. Reply L Lilian 3cr 25 Oct 2020 New feature: "Your location is then shared with ...
The final update coming to Google Maps is notification settings for friends and family. By sharing your location, friends and family will now be able to see when you've arrived and when you've left a location. This feature will only be available to those who have shared a location with a...
Summary: Google Maps cycling directions are the primary route mapping tool used by cyclists. However, the recommended bike routes are generally sub-optimal and the cycling route time estimates can be quite inaccurate. Hence, for those who rely on bikes to get around efficiently, it's useful to...
The company has encouraged its employees to take alternative transportation, such as bikes or car-sharing. At the time this article was written more than 1,000 Googlers were using the shuttle buses daily鈥攏early a quarter of the company's local work force. The shuttle program is managed by...
If you have a motorbike, you want to drive into the shortest-route especially when there's a traffic jam. You can simply Lane Filter, and pass all the cars that are stuck. And you want to go anywhere, even if there's no parking, because parking is not a issue for bikes. You can...
Turning a green road red—encouraging people to drive on some other road—is a hack that proves a point, and this guy did it with just a wagon full of smartphones.
“For example, last October, we launched a suite of new features to help people better plan, prepare, and navigate their daily commute. But we’re also seeing that our users are looking to Google Maps for more than just navigation. They’re using it to explore the world around them...
This article describes how to use KnockoutJS, JQuery and Google Maps to create a responsive GUI of web applications. The usage of MVVM helps to keep JavaScript code organized and easy to evolve and maintain.
With the draw.io add-on, you can insert all sorts of draw.io diagrams—from simple tables to flowcharts to mind maps—directly into your document. The only downside is that you can't create or edit these diagrams directly from Google Docs. Instead, the add-on allows you to import only...