Originally Posted by
chas58
Google maps is great, but I usually use satellite to verify as much as I can. Bike routes are put in by people like you and me. Although you do need someone to verify your change, it still ends up with paths that are sometimes hard core mountain bike. I do wish they could differentiate between commuter maps and mountain bike maps.
This is a new tool from Strava that shows where their user bike. It is great for finding new bike routes. Again, use it with a grain of salt. Just because someone rides a path every Sunday morning, doesn’t mean the road will be useful for a commute during rush hour. Still, I get lots of great ideas of where to go from using this:
http://labs.strava.com/heatmap/#13/-...8383/gray/bike
That Strava heat map is still a little bit questionable - here in Wilmington there's a 6 lane divided road (not restricted access but a very busy road) and it shows up as red on the map! Wonder who's been biking on there because I've never seen anyone.