SEO light

Google Adds Biking Directions to Maps

While you are pondering on the points made by Todd about online retirement, here’s a worthwile albeit healthy activity that you may want to consider – biking. And to help you navigate your way through U.S. cities on your bike, Google has just added useful biking directions and bike trail data to Google Maps.

Google has been gathering these bike trail data for quite some time now and now that they’ve gathered as much data as possible, these biking directions are now part of the Google Maps interface. These biking directions provide efficient routes and allow you to customize your trip, make use of designated bike lanes, calculate rider-friendly routes as well as customize the look of the Google Maps to suit  cycling activities.

Google has also added information about bike trails, lanes, and recommended roads directly onto Google Maps.  This will help you  get better sense of route and trails worth traversing if you’re into recreational ride.  You can check o [...]
URL : http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SearchEngineJournal/~3/RaYkYEQFS6o/
Date : 2010-03-10 16:07:58
=> Read the news.

Author : Search Engine Journal

Latest Search Engine News from the Search Engine Journal.
http://www.searchenginejournal.com

Hot related news ! (By date)

Jun 04, 2011 - AdSense Publishers To Get Phone Support

Jun 03, 2011 - Search In Pics: GoogleBot Cookies, Yahoo Planking & Wall Of Googlers

Jun 03, 2011 - Google CEO Larry Page Plays Nice With Investors At Annual Meeting

Jun 03, 2011 - New My Client Center feature provides easier account management across agencies

Jun 03, 2011 - Find Numerical and Statistical Data with Zanran (Search Start-up)