Google Maps adds biking-route feature
Associated Press Mar. 11, 2010 12:00 AM
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - Google Inc. is adding a bike lane with its latest online mapping option.
The new bicycling directions on Google Maps became available Wednesday and supplement the guidance already provided to motorists and pedestrians. The biking directions initially will be available only for the United States.
Google spent the past six months tweaking its mapping service so it could recommend routes that would steer bicyclists away from big hills and heavily congested streets. The feature can be used to pinpoint bicycling trails in more than 150 cities, including Phoenix.
Bike directions already have been available on some smaller Web sites, but Google is the first major Internet mapping service provider to add the option
