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Great idea. I can certainly relate to the feeling of thinking "this is sketch" while following a google map route. Google should just build this feature in.
by realjohng 6y ago
Great idea. I can certainly relate to the feeling of thinking "this is sketch" while following a google map route.
Google should just build this feature in.
- dharmab 6y agoMicrosoft patented the feature (but has not implemented it, AFAIK). http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,090,532.PN.&OS=PN/8,090,532&RS=PN/8,090,532 http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=H...
- rafram 6y agoWow, reading patents sucks. A quick read of the text would lead you to believe (incorrectly, I think) that the patent is for any system which provides different routes to pedestrians than to cars. They skirt around defining exactly what they’d like to protect.
- _jahh 6y agoWhat I would even more like to see is municipal governments use this sort of a tool to identify areas for improvement.