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I think the map view is missing a mode view. Directions has mode because they are very different for car, bike, walking and public transportation. Map view fo
by silvestrov 3y ago
I think the map view is missing a mode view.
Directions has mode because they are very different for car, bike, walking and public transportation.
Map view for biking should be very different from map view for cars as high ways are not usable for bikes and bike paths should be more prominient (while useless for cars).
Ditto for walking that also have different paths.
Using the map for "getting somewhere" is a very different purpose that "seing what's here". They need different modes.
- gr__or 3y agoIt's not missing it, it's called "Layers" and they can highlight transit, traffic and biking.
- TonyTrapp 3y agoUnfortunately the biking Layer also doesn't fix any of this. It only appears to highlight "cycling-friendly" streets here, but the results look random at best here.
- mminer237 3y agoSounds like a data problem over a software problem.
- TonyTrapp 3y agoThe fact that what the cycling layer shows to me is useless is a data problem, yes. However, As I mentioned in my comment above, as a cyclist I care about seeing a visualization of my surroundings. OSM tells me at a glance if an area I want to cycle through is a forest, if there is public transit, etc. None of that is part of Google's cycling layer, or any other layer - apart from transit. But the faint lines added by the transit layer are not helping, either. The maps are an unreadable low-contrast mess.