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I have to agree, this instance that "Google" has to do better is silly. There are alternatives that are dedicated to cycling and mapping of cycling routes. Why
by dubcanada 7y ago
I have to agree, this instance that "Google" has to do better is silly. There are alternatives that are dedicated to cycling and mapping of cycling routes. Why not use one of them?
Nobody needs a single entity corporation to do everything for them, it's really time people see that there is shopping experience besides Amazon and search/map experiences besides Google.
- imgabe 7y agoWhy shouldn't Google do it? We should want as many people as possible to cycle. It's healthier, reduces traffic, no pollution. Google maps is the default option for most people. Why would we want to make it harder for people to start cycling by forcing them to hunt down some specialist app that they don't even know exists? Why not just have the information in the app they're already using?
- gumby 7y agoBecause as “technology”* becomes infrastructure it’s better off that it transition (via growth) into public hands. And OSM (and Wikipedia and..) demonstrate that “public hands” doesn’t automatically mean “government ownership” especially with transnational resources. * in the general sense, not just today’s sense, like roads, bridges, power, water etc.
- _jal 7y agoGoogle can do whatever they want. The point is that there's a great resource already there. I have no reference to hand agreeing with me, but somehow I suspect that Google Maps is not the biggest barrier between Joe Commuter and the bicycle.