Thursday, October 29, 2009

Google Announces Plan for “Bike There” Option

The Google Trike was spotted on the South Side Trail, Pittsburgh, over the summerIn a post on the Google Earth and Maps team blog, the ubiquitous company revealed plans to add the long awaited “Bike There” option to their maps.


They say that by integrating this [new] information, and working with specialized data sources like the USDA Forest Service’s Forest Boundaries and the US Geological Survey’s National Hydrography Dataset, we’ve been able to expand and improve features in our maps like parks and water bodies.

Read more at www.Bike-PGH.org.

From Urban Velo

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