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Traveling via public transit in a new city, walking, biking? The app will give you directions tailored for your specific mode of travel. FWIW, there are at lea
by egypturnash 6y ago
Traveling via public transit in a new city, walking, biking? The app will give you directions tailored for your specific mode of travel.
FWIW, there are at least two layers of map that map apps have no clue about that I find essential as a cyclist: how much shade am I going to get while going down a road in a city that routinely has temperatures that are near the top end of what the human body can deal with? And how bad is the road surface in a constantly-sinking swamp city full of potholes and half-assed repairs?
There’s other layers - I don’t need to worry about whether or not I want to trade a longer route for clawing my way up a steep grade now that I don’t live in Seattle, for instance.
- PaulDavisThe1st 6y agoand yet ... do you not believe that if open street map (or others) could collect this sort of data, current map/routing software could just use it?
- egypturnash 6y agoprobably, yeah! I'm doubtful anyone would make it a high priority unless they were active cyclists themselves with some time outside of the endless cycle of feature requests from management. :)
- selimthegrim 6y agoAssuming you're talking about NOLA, you can just have the app monitor which bus routes have been diverted due to poor road quality (I know of at least 2-3 at present)
- egypturnash 6y agoYes. I’ve never thought of that! Feels like it might be a lot of work compared to just “letting my brain keep a map”, though.