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Originally Posted by Niles H.
Google Maps has a specific bicycle route feature, described here:

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/...ogle-maps.html

How does this stack up against other resources for touring-route information?

I used it a bit while touring this summer. While it was handy for getting general biking directions ( and especially useful for finding not-so-obvious dedicated bike routes ), there were times when it picked wildly inappropriate roads when a much better alternative was close by; i.e. major, busy highways with no shoulders as opposed to secondary roads.

So it's certainly useful, but needs to be taken with a grain of salt.
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