Way to "mapquest" bike routes?
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Way to "mapquest" bike routes?
Is there a way to get driving directions that are bike-friendly? Or at least avoid highways? Every single one I've tried puts me on a highway and I want to know what streets I would take. Or do I have to whip out an actual paper map?
Thanks a lot
Thanks a lot
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They used to have the option to avoid highways, but it's not there anymore. I don't know why they took it off.
I'd be willing to bet that a site that listed 'non-car' routes or stuck mainly to bike friendly roads would end up getting a lot of hits...
I'd be willing to bet that a site that listed 'non-car' routes or stuck mainly to bike friendly roads would end up getting a lot of hits...
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Originally Posted by dobber
Check out Map24. Pretty cool.
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It's an improvement over mapquest, but still, getting a mapping CD is better. You avoid the damn ads, and it's faster, and the maps are more detailed.
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If you live in the LA area, go to www.bikemetro.com
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Originally Posted by brentj
If you live in the LA area, go to www.bikemetro.com
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Originally Posted by born2drv
Is there a way to get driving directions that are bike-friendly? Or at least avoid highways? Every single one I've tried puts me on a highway and I want to know what streets I would take. Or do I have to whip out an actual paper map?
Thanks a lot
Thanks a lot
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I use Mappoint, which despite being run by Microsoft is pretty decent. It doesn't have the "avoid highways" option, but you can choose "quickest route" or "shortest route", and the latter generally avoids most highways.
I've been toying with the idea of writing a bike-focused map site. Route-finding is not a terribly difficult problem, and the basic data is freely available. The tricky part would be identifying "bike-friendly" roads.
I've been toying with the idea of writing a bike-focused map site. Route-finding is not a terribly difficult problem, and the basic data is freely available. The tricky part would be identifying "bike-friendly" roads.
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err... Beware of Mapppoint. Many of the maps have errors on one layer (like when you zoom) and not on another. I've found that parks and some streets tend to be incorrectly named or old.
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Originally Posted by vrkelley
err... Beware of Mapppoint. Many of the maps have errors on one layer (like when you zoom) and not on another. I've found that parks and some streets tend to be incorrectly named or old.
MS Streets and Trips however is much, much better. I easily navigated towns and highways in OR and WA with S&T data downloaded to my PDA. I think the only time the paper map came out was when planning large distances and the PDA screen was
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Originally Posted by vrkelley
err... Beware of Mapppoint. Many of the maps have errors on one layer (like when you zoom) and not on another. I've found that parks and some streets tend to be incorrectly named or old.
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I use Delorme TopoUSA extensively for route planning. Having topographic data to use for route planning is a great tool. You can customize the routing tool to favor or avoid various types of roads and set your own waypoiints mid-route if you want to force the software to use certain roads in a route.
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Originally Posted by supcom
I use Delorme TopoUSA extensively for route planning. Having topographic data to use for route planning is a great tool. You can customize the routing tool to favor or avoid various types of roads and set your own waypoiints mid-route if you want to force the software to use certain roads in a route.
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Originally Posted by DanFromDetroit
I usually use maps.yahoo.com and i just map my starting point, then just look at the map to find roads that'll get me to the right place.
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For those in Minnesota,
I was given a set of maps for Minnesota that indicates the traffic volume (low, medium, high, heavy) and the existence of shoulders.
The maps I have were produced in 2001 and for additional copies:
Minnesota's bookstore
117 University Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55155
(651) 297-3000
I was given a set of maps for Minnesota that indicates the traffic volume (low, medium, high, heavy) and the existence of shoulders.
The maps I have were produced in 2001 and for additional copies:
Minnesota's bookstore
117 University Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55155
(651) 297-3000
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I found this one for arizona. It was too big to post. Just scroll down and look for "Arizona Bicycle Routes Map". Boy, these would be quite a resource if we could find many states...
https://www.mapathon.com/az.html
https://www.mapathon.com/az.html
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Hey guys... thanks for the pointers... MapsOnUs works pretty well... Map24 was cool but even with the no-highways thing on it put me on a highway.
But I have to admit that website bikemetro.com is awesome.... I happen to live in the LA area... this thing even gives you an elevation distribution along your ride and lets you pick out a route which doesn't have as many hills and will even calculate for you how many calories the average commuter would burn taking that route. I'm very impressed Looks like I'll be climbing 348 feet over a 9 mile stretch every day commuting back home.. yikes
But I have to admit that website bikemetro.com is awesome.... I happen to live in the LA area... this thing even gives you an elevation distribution along your ride and lets you pick out a route which doesn't have as many hills and will even calculate for you how many calories the average commuter would burn taking that route. I'm very impressed Looks like I'll be climbing 348 feet over a 9 mile stretch every day commuting back home.. yikes
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Originally Posted by Dahon.Steve
Will this Delorme TopoUSA create printed maps that are UTF compliant? In other words, will it create maps that have longititude and lattitude lines across the screne?
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A friend of mine uses MapPoint to map some of our Saturday rides. We've run into a couple of issues, new roads not shown and some unpaved roads. Here is a link to a page of some Tucson routes: https://psy1.psych.arizona.edu/cgi-bin/megahurtz
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Thanks for that link. I don't ride road much (other than a 20 miles rt commute), but some of those rides look pretty good!
PS: I did do Mt Lemmon once, pulling a trailer all the way to the very top to camp that night. It was a long day.
Thanks for that link. I don't ride road much (other than a 20 miles rt commute), but some of those rides look pretty good!
PS: I did do Mt Lemmon once, pulling a trailer all the way to the very top to camp that night. It was a long day.
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Neither worked well for me in CO.
Mapsonus gave less detail, even with "more detail" selected.
Map24 gave more detail, but still didn't show parks, etc. However it did allow setting mph to 10-15 mph range to give you a ball park os commute times.
Both failed to show bikeway underpass under highway and to show the parks in industrial park. One of the parks is terminus of bikeway underpass.
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Mapsonus gave less detail, even with "more detail" selected.
Map24 gave more detail, but still didn't show parks, etc. However it did allow setting mph to 10-15 mph range to give you a ball park os commute times.
Both failed to show bikeway underpass under highway and to show the parks in industrial park. One of the parks is terminus of bikeway underpass.
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Originally Posted by super-douper
wow...that site is pretty good, you can even have it print a small map for every turn.